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Binding Android Kotlin Libraries

alexeystrakh March 9, 2020 Mar 9, 2020 03/9/20

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.

Xamarin.Forms & Xamarin.Essentials Go AndroidX

James Montemagno February 21, 2020 Feb 21, 2020 02/21/20

AndroidX is here! Find out our plans for integration into Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin.Essentials, and beyond. Also, if you are a library creator we recommend a migration strategy for you and your users.

AndroidX NuGet Packages are Stable!

Jon Douglas February 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020 02/14/20

Today we are happy to bring you stable AndroidX NuGet packages. Since AndroidX is a large change for your Android projects, we’ve introduced a number of ways for you to migrate your project. Learn more!

Xamarin Goes Dual Screen

David Ortinau January 22, 2020 Jan 22, 2020 01/22/20

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.

DevOps for Android App Bundles

James Montemagno January 15, 2020 Jan 15, 2020 01/15/20

Android App Bundle is a new app packaging format from Google for Android applications that dramatically reduces the install size for end users.

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

Gerald Versluis January 13, 2020 Jan 13, 2020 01/13/20

The Visual State Manager (VSM) can now change a property on any child element within scope for our new Xamarin.Forms 4.5 pre-release version.

Publish smaller apps with the Android App Bundle

Jon Douglas December 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019 12/27/19

The Android App Bundle (.aab) is a new upload format that includes all of your app’s compiled code and resources, but defers APK generation and signing to Google Play at install time.

Build Great Xamarin Apps with App Center

Ela Malani [MSFT] October 24, 2019 Oct 24, 2019 10/24/19

Visual Studio App Center offers integrated and end-to-end developer services for building, managing and powering your Xamarin iOS and Android apps. Easily integrate globally scalable backend services with just a few lines of code. Automate your build, test, and distribution pipelines, while continuously monitoring real-time performance.

Android 10.0 General Availability

Jon Douglas September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

We’re excited to announce Xamarin.Android support for Android 10.0 in our latest release of Xamarin.Android for both Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio for Mac 2019!

Xamarin Announcements from .NET Conf 2019

Pierce Boggan September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we shared some exciting announcements for Xamarin and Visual Studio developers, enabling you to be more productive and use the full power, performance, and capabilities of iOS/Android in your applications.

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Binding Android Kotlin Libraries

Xamarin.Forms & Xamarin.Essentials Go AndroidX

AndroidX NuGet Packages are Stable!

Xamarin Goes Dual Screen

DevOps for Android App Bundles

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

Publish smaller apps with the Android App Bundle

Build Great Xamarin Apps with App Center

Android 10.0 General Availability

Xamarin Announcements from .NET Conf 2019

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