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Xamarin.Forms 4.3 Prerelease and the CarouselView Challenge

Paul DiPietroSeptember 11, 2019Sep 11, 201909/11/19

Today we’re announcing the first prerelease of Xamarin.Forms 4.3 which includes CarouselView’s implementation, based on CollectionView, and can provide unique functionality within your apps. Plus - a new Xamarin challenge!

Xamarin.Forms 4.2.0 Hits GA & CollectionView Updates

Paul DiPietroAugust 21, 2019Aug 21, 201908/21/19

Today have released Xamarin.Forms 4.2 for general availability, which is packed full of great new features for Shell and awesome community contributions that you are going to love. Additionally, read up on the latest happenings with the development of CollectionView and it's status.

Public Preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

Alex CorradoAugust 15, 2019Aug 15, 201908/15/19

Along with Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac previews, this release also has a public preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms to speed up your inner development loop when working with Xamarin.Forms XAML by instantly reflecting changes you make in your running app, without requiring you to stop and rebuild.

Xamarin and Azure Office Hours Recap: Mid-2019

Matt SoucoupJuly 26, 2019Jul 26, 201907/26/19

It has been an exciting couple of months, and Matt recaps all of the excitement during his office hours! If you’re interested in talking about anything Xamarin, mobile development, or Azure, please sign-up for Matt's office hours.

Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

Jon DouglasJuly 25, 2019Jul 25, 201907/25/19

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

Jon DouglasJuly 24, 2019Jul 24, 201907/24/19

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

Xamarin Podcast: XAML Hot Reload Is Out! 🔥🔄

Matt SoucoupJuly 19, 2019Jul 19, 201907/19/19

Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is easier than ever. Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers from designing mobile apps to identity management. This month’s episode recaps of all the announcements from The Xamarin Developer Summit – including XAML Hot Reload!

Recapping Xamarin Developer Summit

Maddy LegerJuly 16, 2019Jul 16, 201907/16/19

The first-ever Xamarin Developer Summit has come to a close. The Xamarin team had an action-packed two days of announcements, talks, and hanging out with our community in Houston! Here is a recap of some of the most important pieces you may have missed if you weren’t able to join in person or watch through the live streams.

Announcing XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

Pierce BogganJuly 11, 2019Jul 11, 201907/11/19

Today at Xamarin Developer Summit, we announced XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms, which enables you to make changes to your XAML UI and see them reflected live, without requiring another build and deploy. Learn More!

Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Stable Now Available

David OrtinauJuly 8, 2019Jul 8, 201907/8/19

Today we are happy to announce Xamarin.Forms 4.1 availability on NuGet. Our 3.0.0 series of releases focused heavily on growing Xamarin.Forms by filling in the “little things” we learned from you that should be available by default.

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