David Ortinau, Author at Xamarin Blog

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The New .NET Multi-platform App UI

February 3rd, 2021

With .NET 6 previews starting right around the corner, it is time to start getting excited for the new .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) that was announced at BUILD 2020. This year of .NET has a lot of amazing things for client application developers. Let's review the highlights and set your expectations for the year ahead.

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 is Here!

January 7th, 2021

Xamarin.Forms 5 is here, delivering hundreds of quality improvements and brings to stable release new features including App Themes, Brushes, CarouselView, RadioButton, Shapes and Paths, and SwipeView.

Xamarin Holiday Hack Ideas

December 21st, 2020

Are you looking for some code-related diversions this holiday season to pass the time and have some fun? So are we! Here are some ideas to help inspire us all.

Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps

September 29th, 2020

Xamarin.Forms 5 brings to stable release features that you have seen in preview over the latest several 4.x releases. This includes solid and gradient Brushes, CarouselView, drag-and-drop, RadioButton, Shapes, and SwipeView. These new features inject new creative potential for your application designs to create beautiful, interactive ...

Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths

July 23rd, 2020

Xamarin.Forms 4.7 introduces drawing controls for Shapes and Paths. These are powerful new cross-platform controls that use the familiar control syntax from UWP and WPF. As well as use the native graphics libraries on each target platform. Learn more!

App Themes for Xamarin.Forms

July 16th, 2020

This new dark and light mode theme helper, AppThemeBinding along with UserAppTheme make it really easy to handle theme modes in your Xamarin.Forms apps.

Xamarin.Forms 4.6: Material Components, Shell, and the Future

April 29th, 2020

Today, we are shipping Xamarin.Forms 4.6 with a host of quality improvements, including several new feature previews. With more controls available “in the box” than ever before, it has never been easier to quickly build quality mobile apps with Xamarin!

5 Things to be Excited About Xamarin.Forms 4.5

February 26th, 2020

Today we are thrilled to share that Xamarin.Forms 4.5 is now available bringing you AndroidX, new capabilities for creating responsive UI, and controls "in the box" to speed your development!

Xamarin.Forms Comes to Surface Duo and Surface Neo

February 11th, 2020

Today we are announcing the preview availability of our cross-platform dual-screen support for the Surface Duo and Surface Neo, two new and amazing devices coming from the Surface team!

Xamarin Goes Dual Screen

January 22nd, 2020

Surface Duo introduces a whole new class of ultra-portable experiences running on dual screens. Today we are excited to announce our public preview of the SDK for Surface Duo. Xamarin developers can take advantage of the new SDK to enlighten existing apps and create innovative experiences for this new device that inspires creativity.

David Ortinau

Principal Program Manager, .NET Multi-platform App UI

Post by this author

The New .NET Multi-platform App UI

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 is Here!

Xamarin Holiday Hack Ideas

Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps

Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths

App Themes for Xamarin.Forms

Xamarin.Forms 4.6: Material Components, Shell, and the Future

5 Things to be Excited About Xamarin.Forms 4.5

Xamarin.Forms Comes to Surface Duo and Surface Neo

Xamarin Goes Dual Screen

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