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Xamarin Community Toolkit: A Must-Have Xamarin Library

Gerald Versluis January 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021 01/25/21

We are pleased to introduce the Xamarin Community Toolkit! The toolkit complements Xamarin.Forms 5 with all kinds of commonly found behaviors, converters, effects, MVVM utilities, and awesome new controls including the CameraView, AvatarView, and TabView.

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 is Here!

David Ortinau January 7, 2021 Jan 7, 2021 01/7/21

Xamarin.Forms 5 is here, delivering hundreds of quality improvements and brings to stable release new features including App Themes, Brushes, CarouselView, RadioButton, Shapes and Paths, and SwipeView.

Announcing Azure Mobile Apps v4.2.0 for .NET

Adrian Hall November 25, 2020 Nov 25, 2020 11/25/20

Recently, we released a large update to the Azure Mobile Apps client libraries, enabling you to provide offline sync of cloud SQL data to your iOS and Android apps.

Recapping Xamarin Highlights from .NET Conf 2020

Maddy Leger November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

Xamarin had a huge presence throughout .NET Conf, here’s a recap of all of the new features developers can use to build mobile apps including XAML Hot Reload 2.0, iOS Hot Restart, and Xamarin.Forms 5.0.

Xamarin Community Toolkit Hacktoberfest 2020 Recap

Gerald Versluis November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20

It has been hard to miss, for the past month Hacktoberfest was upon us again. As announced in our previous blogpost, the Xamarin Community Toolkit participated as well, here is a little summary of how we did.

.NET Conf 2020 and Virtual Events in November

Jayme Singleton November 2, 2020 Nov 2, 2020 11/2/20

The .NET team and the .NET Foundation are excited to present .NET Conf 2020 - a free, 3-day, live-streamed event all about .NET development! This year is going to be extra special as .NET 5.0 launches on the 10-year anniversary of this virtual conference happening November 10-12th, 2020!

Join Hacktoberfest at the Xamarin Community Toolkit

Gerald Versluis October 2, 2020 Oct 2, 2020 10/2/20

Code for swag or from your love for Xamarin in this year's Hacktoberfest! Here are the guidelines to get you started. Be sure to tag your pull requests with the "Hacktoberfest" label to be considered for a reward.

.NET Conf 2020 and Community Events this October

Jayme Singleton October 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 10/1/20

Virtually tune-in to communities around the world through amazing online events, streams, and recordings this October. Stay connected to your developer communities through the upcoming .NET Conf 2020, virtual Meetups, community stand-ups, podcasts, and more. Get started with .NET tutorials and learn how to host your own virtual experiences!

Xamarin.Forms 4.8 – Gradients & Brushes, Drag & Drop, and More!

Jake Kirsch August 7, 2020 Aug 7, 2020 08/7/20

Check out the latest release of Xamarin.Forms 4.8 that introduces gradients, brushes, drag & drop, and so much more! Head inside for all of the release details.

.NET Virtual Events in August

Jayme Singleton July 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 07/31/20

Take your .NET & Xamarin development skills to the next level in August through this list of the amazing online events, streams, and videos for you to tune into straight from home!

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