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Xamarin & .NET Developer Events in August

July 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 07/31/19

Jayme Singleton

Discover the world of Xamarin and .NET with your community at developer events happening this August. Find tons of opportunities around the world, including conferences and virtual events online!

Xamarin and Azure Office Hours Recap: Mid-2019

July 26, 2019 Jul 26, 2019 07/26/19

Matt Soucoup

It has been an exciting couple of months, and Matt recaps all of the excitement during his office hours! If you’re interested in talking about anything Xamarin, mobile development, or Azure, please sign-up for Matt's office hours.

Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

July 25, 2019 Jul 25, 2019 07/25/19

Jon Douglas

The Android team has refactored the Support Library into a new set of extension libraries known as AndroidX which includes simplified package names to better reflect each package’s content and it’s supported API levels.

Faster Startup Times With Startup Tracing On Android

July 24, 2019 Jul 24, 2019 07/24/19

Jon Douglas

Announcing faster starter times using Startup Tracing on Android with performant startup experience and minimal increase to APK size.

Xamarin Podcast: XAML Hot Reload Is Out! 🔥🔄

July 19, 2019 Jul 19, 2019 07/19/19

Matt Soucoup

Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is easier than ever. Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers from designing mobile apps to identity management. This month’s episode recaps of all the announcements from The Xamarin Developer Summit – including XAML Hot Reload!

Recapping Xamarin Developer Summit

July 16, 2019 Jul 16, 2019 07/16/19

Maddy Montaquila

The first-ever Xamarin Developer Summit has come to a close. The Xamarin team had an action-packed two days of announcements, talks, and hanging out with our community in Houston! Here is a recap of some of the most important pieces you may have missed if you weren’t able to join in person or watch through the live streams.

Snppts – Beautiful UI Snippets for Xamarin.Forms

July 15, 2019 Jul 15, 2019 07/15/19

steventhewissen

Guest Post: Snppts allows you to contribute your user interface designs created in Xamarin to benefit other community members and to show off your work. Contributing is as simple as creating a PR on our repository with your author and snippet information. Learn more...

Xamarin.Essentials welcomes tvOS, watchOS, and Tizen

July 12, 2019 Jul 12, 2019 07/12/19

James Montemagno

Xamarin.Essentials, your favorite cross-platform library to access native features from shared code adds new file bases APIs for sharing, email, and opening. It also adds watchOS, tvOS, and Tizen platform support in the 1.3 pre-update!

Announcing XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

July 11, 2019 Jul 11, 2019 07/11/19

Pierce Boggan

Today at Xamarin Developer Summit, we announced XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms, which enables you to make changes to your XAML UI and see them reflected live, without requiring another build and deploy. Learn More!

Xamarin Developer Summit Live Streams!

July 9, 2019 Jul 9, 2019 07/9/19

James Montemagno

Xamarin Developer Summit is a two-day conference in Houston, TX. USA packed with TONS of amazing sessions and workshops for Xamarin developers. Don't worry if you aren’t able to attend in person, enjoy the conference remotely through our Xamarin Live broadcasts! Learn more...

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