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Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve

September 15th, 2017

As a first time user learning any new technology or pattern, there’s always a curve, and over the years I've stood at the threshold of a product and gazed up that curve to determine how painfully steep it appeared and how long it would take until I was productive. Now, as the Program Manager for Xamarin.Forms, I gather and receive a lot of ...

A Beginner’s Guide for Contributing to Xamarin.Forms

August 4th, 2017

Xamarin.Forms has been open source for over a year now. In that time, we've accepted over 700 pull requests and received many more. Have any of those been yours? If not, this is your invitation to participate! In this article, I'll outline what kinds of contributions we are looking for and provide a guide to submitting your first bug fix...

Building the Xamarin.Forms NuGet

July 24th, 2017

A great way to explore Xamarin.Forms (and grow comfortable working in the code) is to clone the repository and run it, especially any of the ControlGallery projects. We know that many of you have done just that, so the next step you can take is to make your own customizations to Xamarin.Forms to build and distribute your very own NuGet...

5 Ways to Boost Xamarin.Forms App Startup Time

June 14th, 2017

The Xamarin SDKs for iOS and Android provide an extremely performant foundation upon which to build Xamarin.Forms cross-platform applications. As you work to tune the speed and responsiveness of your Xamarin.Forms application, keep in mind that the same principles that improve the experience of your apps built with the Xamarin SDKs for ...

Unleashed: Embedding Xamarin.Forms in Xamarin Native

June 2nd, 2017

If you're anything like me, when you're ready to start coding a new application you face the question, "Xamarin Native or Xamarin.Forms?" The only correct answer should be “yes”. In fact, I want to show you how this shouldn't be a choice at all; you can just start coding with total confidence that you’re on the right path. ...

Glimpse the Future of Xamarin Forms 3.0

May 18th, 2017

At Microsoft Build 2017 we shared our vision for Xamarin.Forms 3.0: to enable using Xamarin.Forms in more ways, on more platforms, and faster than ever before. Today, I want to walk you through some of the exciting new features that we'll be adding to Xamarin.Forms that we know you're going to love! Xamarin.Forms Embedding You've ...

Preview: Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms

April 19th, 2017

It’s amazing to think that you can now have a running native macOS application with just a few tweaks to a Xamarin.Forms solution. And I have to say “application” because that’s desktop, right? As I featured in last week’s Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5 pre-release announcement, macOS support in Xamarin.Forms is now in Preview. Let’s ...

Make Your Xamarin.Forms Apps Even Better (and Faster!)

April 13th, 2017

As we continue to pursue the best in stability and performance, we're excited to get your feedback on our first pre-release of Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5. Boasting over 130 fixes and enhancements this release, I'd like to highlight a few that we're most eager for you to explore: Fast Renderers, ListView enhancements, and macOS preview! Fast ...

Live Webinar | Getting the Most Out of Xamarin.Forms for Visual Studio 2017

April 11th, 2017

Xamarin.Forms gets better, faster, and more performant with each release, making it easier for developers to build amazing Android, iOS, and UWP apps from a single codebase. You can learn about all of the exciting updates in our latest release in my upcoming demo-packed webinar, Getting the Most Out of Xamarin.Forms for Visual Studio 2017...

Announcing Xamarin.Forms Stable Release 2.3.4

April 5th, 2017

Today, we're excited to announce the latest stable release of Xamarin.Forms, version 2.3.4.224. The major themes of this release are quality and performance. For the complete list of updates, as well as some important notes, be sure to review the full release notes here. Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 Highlights If you’ve been monitoring our ...

David Ortinau

Principal Program Manager, .NET Multi-platform App UI

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Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve

A Beginner’s Guide for Contributing to Xamarin.Forms

Building the Xamarin.Forms NuGet

5 Ways to Boost Xamarin.Forms App Startup Time

Unleashed: Embedding Xamarin.Forms in Xamarin Native

Glimpse the Future of Xamarin Forms 3.0

Preview: Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms

Make Your Xamarin.Forms Apps Even Better (and Faster!)

Live Webinar | Getting the Most Out of Xamarin.Forms for Visual Studio 2017

Announcing Xamarin.Forms Stable Release 2.3.4

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