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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!

Xamarin Podcast: We ❤️ Android!

August 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019 08/16/19

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!

Introducing Boots: Streamline Xamarin Continuous Integration

August 14, 2019 Aug 14, 2019 08/14/19

Jonathan Peppers

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

August 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019 08/7/19

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!

Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

July 25, 2019 Jul 25, 2019 07/25/19

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.

Faster Startup Times With Startup Tracing On Android

July 24, 2019 Jul 24, 2019 07/24/19

Jon Douglas

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

July 15, 2019 Jul 15, 2019 07/15/19

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...

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19

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!

Automatic Android SDK Management

June 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019 06/17/19

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!

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

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

Xamarin Podcast: We ❤️ Android!

Introducing Boots: Streamline Xamarin Continuous Integration

Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

Faster Startup Times With Startup Tracing On Android

Snppts – Beautiful UI Snippets for Xamarin.Forms

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

Automatic Android SDK Management

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