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In-app reviews for your Android apps

Saamer MansoorOctober 22, 2020Oct 22, 202010/22/20

You can now launch in-app reviews in Android using the Store Review Plugin and the new Play Core library for Android.

Query & Interact with Apps in Android 11 with Package Visibility

James MontemagnoOctober 15, 2020Oct 15, 202010/15/20

There are several exciting new APIs and enhancements in Android 11. One of the more interesting changes for developers is changes to package visibility. In this post we will see what package visibility is and what changes need to be made to apps to query and interact with apps installed on the user's device.

Profiling Xamarin.Android Startup

Jonathan PeppersAugust 14, 2020Aug 14, 202008/14/20

Measure, optimize, and fine-tune the performance of your Android apps build with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms with these tips and tricks using great tools.

Preparing Apps for Google Play Android 10 Requirements

James MontemagnoJuly 6, 2020Jul 6, 202007/6/20

There are some new requirements coming to Google Play when it comes to publishing your apps. Learn about updating your apps to target Android 10 (API 29).

Xamarin Updates From Microsoft Build 2020

James MontemagnoMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Today kicks of Microsoft Build 2020, a 48-hour digital experience that is completely free for everyone to attend online! The Xamarin and .NET teams have some very exciting announcements, sessions, and interactive experiences throughout the event - so let's dive in!

Xamarin Customer Showcase: PGS Software + Volotea

Jayme SingletonMay 1, 2020May 1, 202005/1/20

Xamarin Showcase: When Volotea, an airline leader connecting European cities with competitively priced direct flights, was looking to re-invent their mobile apps, PGS Software was there to build a beautiful app with Xamarin and .NET.

Social Authentication with Xamarin.Essentials and ASP.NET Core

Jon DickMarch 30, 2020Mar 30, 202003/30/20

Many apps require adding user authentication, and this often means enabling your users to sign in their existing Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and now Apple Sign In accounts. With Xamarin.Essentials' new WebAuthenticator and using ASP.NET Core on your backend it has never been easier. Learn more!

Android Image Classification with TensorFlow Lite & Azure Custom Vision Service

Jayme SingletonMarch 27, 2020Mar 27, 202003/27/20

Image Classification allows our Xamarin apps to recognize objects in a photo. This article will walkthrough how to implement using Azure's Custom Vision Service, TensorFlow Lite (an open source machine learning platform) and Xamarin.Android.

Faster Application Startup using Custom Profiles with Startup Tracing on Android

Jon DouglasMarch 19, 2020Mar 19, 202003/19/20

Developers today can already take advantage of Startup Tracing to improve the startup time of their Android apps. Today, I will show you a new feature that let's you build a custom profile to be used for your app with Startup Tracing that finely tunes and optimizes your apps startup.

Binding Android Kotlin Libraries

alexeystrakhMarch 9, 2020Mar 9, 202003/9/20

The ability to reuse components built with Kotlin has become increasingly important to Xamarin developers as their popularity amongst developers continues to grow. This post describes a high-level process of binding a Kotlin framework. Additional information with a detailed walkthrough is now available at Microsoft documentation.

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