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Introducing Boots: Streamline Xamarin Continuous Integration

Jonathan PeppersAugust 14, 2019Aug 14, 201908/14/19

Introducing Boots: a .NET Global Tool for installing .vsix or .pkg files and specific builds of Mono, Xamarin, etc. on CI systems.

Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

Jonathan PeppersAugust 7, 2019Aug 7, 201908/7/19

When debugging, your project has a single, simple goal: build fast. In day-to-day development, we want you writing code with the bulk of your time, not waiting for builds. Learn more about how to optimize build times!

Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

Jon DouglasJuly 25, 2019Jul 25, 201907/25/19

The Android team has refactored the Support Library into a new set of extension libraries known as AndroidX which includes simplified package names to better reflect each package’s content and it’s supported API levels.

Faster Startup Times With Startup Tracing On Android

Jon DouglasJuly 24, 2019Jul 24, 201907/24/19

Announcing faster starter times using Startup Tracing on Android with performant startup experience and minimal increase to APK size.

Snppts – Beautiful UI Snippets for Xamarin.Forms

steventhewissenJuly 15, 2019Jul 15, 201907/15/19

Guest Post: Snppts allows you to contribute your user interface designs created in Xamarin to benefit other community members and to show off your work. Contributing is as simple as creating a PR on our repository with your author and snippet information. Learn more...

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

Jonathan PeppersJune 24, 2019Jun 24, 201906/24/19

One of our current focus areas in Xamarin.Android is build performance and reducing the multidex count. Developer productivity is directly impacted by the "inner dev loop": the time it takes to make a small code change and see the result on a device or emulator. Performance is a feature!

Automatic Android SDK Management

Jon DouglasJune 17, 2019Jun 17, 201906/17/19

Continuously improving the experience with Automatic Android SDK Management tools that are used under the hood to build, deploy, and debug your Android applications. Enabled by default, Auto SDK will provide you with various prompts throughout the lifecycle of your app’s development. Learn more!

Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

James MontemagnoJune 7, 2019Jun 7, 201906/7/19

Browse the Xamarin.Essentials Maps documentation to learn about all of the great cross-platform native APIs with additional implementation and limitation details. Xamarin.Essentials is open source on GitHub where you can report issues, ask for features, and contribute to the library.

Preparing Android Apps for Google Play’s 64-bit Requirements

James MontemagnoMay 29, 2019May 29, 201905/29/19

Starting on August 1st, 2019 all Android apps that ship native libraries will need to provide a 64-bit version of their app. Xamarin.Android already includes support for 64-bit CPUs and can be enabled with a simple check of a checkbox! See how easy it is to optimize your apps for multiple CPU architectures.

Managing HTTP & Cleartext Traffic on Android with Network Security Configuration

James MontemagnoMay 17, 2019May 17, 201905/17/19

Enhance security by enforcing HTTPS on all of your Android applications web request and easily adjust them for development purposes with Network Security Configuration.

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