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Modernizing iOS Apps for Dark Mode with Xamarin

August 30, 2019 Aug 30, 2019 08/30/19

David Ortinau

Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Forms deliver native iOS experiences for iOS 13 Apple which introduces dark mode: A system-wide option for light and dark themes to choose themes or allow iOS to dynamically change appearance based on the environment and time of day.

Send Surveys, Collect Feedback, and Smash Bugs with One Line of Code with Instabug

August 23, 2019 Aug 23, 2019 08/23/19

charlotteswan

In this Guest Blog post learn why having in-app feedback is important to application success and how Instabug can enable a super simple way to stream line user feedback and crash reporting.

Xamarin.Forms 4.2.0 Hits GA & CollectionView Updates

August 21, 2019 Aug 21, 2019 08/21/19

Paul DiPietro

Today have released Xamarin.Forms 4.2 for general availability, which is packed full of great new features for Shell and awesome community contributions that you are going to love. Additionally, read up on the latest happenings with the development of CollectionView and it's status.

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019 08/20/19

Jon Douglas

The Xamarin.Android team has worked hard to delivery amazing features that every Xamarin developer should be using. Now through the end of August, we challenge YOU to give them a try and get rewarded with some awesome Xamarin swag!

Xamarin Podcast: We ❤️ Android!

August 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019 08/16/19

Matt Soucoup

Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers plus the latest in .NET, C#, and Azure. This month’s Xamarin Podcast episode covers all the latest news around Android, Visual Studio, and more!

Public Preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

August 15, 2019 Aug 15, 2019 08/15/19

Alex Corrado

Along with Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac previews, this release also has a public preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms to speed up your inner development loop when working with Xamarin.Forms XAML by instantly reflecting changes you make in your running app, without requiring you to stop and rebuild.

Introducing Boots: Streamline Xamarin Continuous Integration

August 14, 2019 Aug 14, 2019 08/14/19

Jonathan Peppers

Introducing Boots: a .NET Global Tool for installing .vsix or .pkg files and specific builds of Mono, Xamarin, etc. on CI systems.

What’s New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 Previews

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 released with major productivity enhancements: XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms, improvements to the XAML Previewer, along with support for the latest Android Q APIs.

Add Scheduling Capabilities to Xamarin.Forms apps with Syncfusion Scheduler

August 9, 2019 Aug 9, 2019 08/9/19

Prabakaran Ramasamy

Learn how to configure the Syncfusion Scheduler control in a Xamarin.Forms application. As well as how to schedule an appointment, interactively reschedule appointments, make a recurrence appointment, and switch to different views.

Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

August 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019 08/7/19

Jonathan Peppers

When debugging, your project has a single, simple goal: build fast. In day-to-day development, we want you writing code with the bulk of your time, not waiting for builds. Learn more about how to optimize build times!

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