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Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

June 7, 2019 Jun 7, 2019 06/7/19

James Montemagno

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

May 29, 2019 May 29, 2019 05/29/19

James Montemagno

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

May 17, 2019 May 17, 2019 05/17/19

James Montemagno

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

Shrinking Your Android App Size

April 22, 2019 Apr 22, 2019 04/22/19

Jon Douglas

When it comes to application size, bigger is not better. In fact, it’s one of the key factors a user takes into mind when considering installing or uninstalling your application. Imagine if a user ran out of space on their device and your app was one of the biggest offenders for used space. It would be quite a shame for your application to be one of the first to be uninstalled, purely for how large it is...

Getting Started With WorkManager

April 8, 2019 Apr 8, 2019 04/8/19

Jon Douglas

Give a warm welcome to WorkManager. WorkManager is a library that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks even if the app exits or the device restarts. It was designed to be backwards compatible to API 14 and does so by wrapping JobScheduler, AlarmManager, and BroadcastReceivers all in one.

GlideX For Fast Images on Android

March 28, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 03/28/19

Jonathan Peppers

Unlock the power of Glide with “GlideX”: a simple library to swap-in Glide’s image loading implementation in-place of what Xamarin.Forms ships in the box.

Quick Tip: Debugging Local ASP.NET Core Web APIs on Android Emulators

February 25, 2019 Feb 25, 2019 02/25/19

James Montemagno

Debugging your ASP.NET Core Web API backend against you Android emulator should be simple, and with this quick tip you can use Xamarin.Essentials and Kestral to enable local debugging.

Using Existing C++ Libraries in Cross-Platform Xamarin.Forms Applications

February 4, 2019 Feb 4, 2019 02/4/19

Mike Parker

Have you ever needed to integrate a C/C++ library in your Xamarin apps? Checkout this full Walkthrough pf an approach to wrapping a C/C++ library so it can be incorporated into Xamarin-based solutions via NuGet in a cross-platform manner.

Android’s D8 dexer and R8 shrinker

January 28, 2019 Jan 28, 2019 01/28/19

Jonathan Peppers

Learn more about Xamarin.Android’s D8 and R8 integration and deep dive on how R8 is being developed for Xamarin.Android and D8 as the next-generation DEX compiler to speed up and shrink Android apps.

Multi-targeting with Android Support Library v28

November 28, 2018 Nov 28, 2018 11/28/18

Jon Douglas

Starting with Xamarin’s Android Support Library version 28, we are introducing multi-targeting. This includes assemblies for older support library versions when your application's TargetFrameworkVersion is lower than the expected version.

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Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

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

Managing HTTP & Cleartext Traffic on Android with Network Security Configuration

Shrinking Your Android App Size

Getting Started With WorkManager

GlideX For Fast Images on Android

Quick Tip: Debugging Local ASP.NET Core Web APIs on Android Emulators

Using Existing C++ Libraries in Cross-Platform Xamarin.Forms Applications

Android’s D8 dexer and R8 shrinker

Multi-targeting with Android Support Library v28

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