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    David Ortinau

    David Ortinau

    Principal Program Manager, .NET Multi-platform App UI

    David is a Principal Program Manager for Mobile Developer Tools at Microsoft, focused on Xamarin.Forms. A .NET developer since 2002, and versed in a range of programming languages, David has developed web, environmental, and mobile experiences for a wide variety of industries. After several successes with tech startups and running his own software company, David joined Microsoft to follow his passion: crafting tools that help developers create better app experiences. When not at a computer or with his family, David is running through the woods.

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    Get Moving with Xamarin.Forms 4.4
    Get Moving with Xamarin.Forms 4.4
    December 12th, 2019
    Introducing a new CarouselView control in Xamarin.Forms 4.4. Along with IndicatorView for displaying the pages or items in the carousel. As well as SwipeView for providing contextual actions to any element in a CollectionView.

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    5 Quick Tips For CollectionView
    5 Quick Tips For CollectionView
    November 26th, 2019
    Get started with these quick tips on CollectionView to show off some useful new features and best practices for creating powerful native mobile experiences.

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    Hacktoberfest 2019 – Xamarin Edition
    Hacktoberfest 2019 – Xamarin Edition
    October 8th, 2019
    Code for cotton or from your love for Xamarin in this year's Hacktoberfest! Here are the guidelines to get you started. Be sure to tag your pull requests with the "Hacktoberfest" label to be considered for a reward.

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    Get Ready for iOS 13 and Xcode 11
    Get Ready for iOS 13 and Xcode 11
    September 13th, 2019
    Support for iOS 13 and Xcode 11 to accompany Apple’s Xcode Gold Master (GM) release has just been announced! Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and Xamarin.Forms for iOS) apps with Xcode 11 GM and submit your iOS 13, tvOS 13 and watchOS 6 apps to the Apple App Store.

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    Modernizing iOS Apps for Dark Mode with Xamarin
    Modernizing iOS Apps for Dark Mode with Xamarin
    August 30th, 2019
    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.

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    Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Stable Now Available
    Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Stable Now Available
    July 8th, 2019
    Today we are happy to announce Xamarin.Forms 4.1 availability on NuGet. Our 3.0.0 series of releases focused heavily on growing Xamarin.Forms by filling in the “little things” we learned from you that should be available by default.

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    Migrating MacOS Apps to 64-bit Before the Apple Transition
    Migrating MacOS Apps to 64-bit Before the Apple Transition
    June 26th, 2019
    Apple has been moving towards 64-bit only applications on macOS for a number of releases. Though new Xamarin.Mac applications target 64-bit by default, any existing Xamarin.Mac applications that target 32-bit must be migrated to 64-bit to continue working in the future. Learn more.

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    CheckBox with Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Pre-Release
    CheckBox with Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Pre-Release
    June 5th, 2019
    Xamarin.Forms 4.0 introduced the new Shell navigation and image source unification. Today, we are shipping a pre-release of our next version, Xamarin.Forms 4.1 which introduces a CheckBox control.

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    Xamarin.Forms 4.0: Getting Started with Shell
    Xamarin.Forms 4.0: Getting Started with Shell
    May 28th, 2019
    Xamarin.Forms 4.0 introduced amazing new features to help streamline development when building beautiful mobile apps with C#. In this blog we will walk through the brand new Xamarin.Forms Shell that helps simplify application structure when working with tabs, search, flyout layouts, and the new URI-routing navigation.

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    Welcome to the Shell Era: Xamarin.Forms 4.0 Released
    Welcome to the Shell Era: Xamarin.Forms 4.0 Released
    May 21st, 2019
    Announcing Xamarin.Forms 4.0.0 with Shell, a simplified container for efficiently managing your application’s structure and navigation. Walk through the highlights and go deeper with Shell on how to get started, the available navigation UI, and the powerful features you can leverage with the new URI based navigation service.

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