Android

AndroidX NuGet Packages are Stable!

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

Jon Douglas

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

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

David Ortinau

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

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

James Montemagno

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

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

Gerald Versluis

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

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

Jon Douglas

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

October 24, 2019 Oct 24, 2019 10/24/19

Ela Malani [MSFT]

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

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

Jon Douglas

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

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

Pierce Boggan

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.

Send Surveys, Collect Feedback, and Smash Bugs with One Line of Code with Instabug

August 23, 2019 Aug 23, 2019 08/23/19

charlotteswan

In this Guest Blog post learn why having in-app feedback is important to application success and how Instabug can enable a super simple way to stream line user feedback and crash reporting.

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019 08/20/19

Jon Douglas

The Xamarin.Android team has worked hard to delivery amazing features that every Xamarin developer should be using. Now through the end of August, we challenge YOU to give them a try and get rewarded with some awesome Xamarin swag!

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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

Send Surveys, Collect Feedback, and Smash Bugs with One Line of Code with Instabug

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

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