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Aug 20, 2019
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Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

Jon Douglas
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!

AndroidDevelopersXamarin.Forms
Aug 16, 2019
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Xamarin Podcast: We ❤️ Android!

Matt Soucoup
Matt Soucoup

Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers plus the latest in .NET, C#, and Azure. This month’s Xamarin Podcast episode covers all the latest news around Android, Visual Studio, and more!

AndroidDevelopers
Aug 7, 2019
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Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

Jonathan Peppers
Jonathan Peppers

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!

AndroidDevelopersXamarin Platform
Jul 25, 2019
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Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

Jon Douglas
Jon Douglas

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.

AndroidDevelopersAnnouncements
Jul 24, 2019
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Faster Startup Times With Startup Tracing On Android

Jon Douglas
Jon Douglas

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

AndroidDevelopersAnnouncements
Jul 15, 2019
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Snppts – Beautiful UI Snippets for Xamarin.Forms

steventhewissen
steventhewissen

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...

Xamarin.FormsDevelopersAndroid
Jun 24, 2019
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Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

Jonathan Peppers
Jonathan Peppers

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!

DevelopersXamarin.FormsXamarin Platform
Jun 17, 2019
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Automatic Android SDK Management

Jon Douglas
Jon Douglas

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!

AndroidDevelopers