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Hacktoberfest 2019 – Xamarin Edition

October 8, 2019 Oct 8, 2019 10/8/19

David Ortinau

Code for cotton 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.

CarouselView Challenge Wrap-up

October 4, 2019 Oct 4, 2019 10/4/19

Paul DiPietro

After the first prerelease of Xamarin.Forms 4.3 we asked you to participate in the CarouselView Challenge as a follow-up to the CollectionView Challenge. Now we look back on this challenge and report everything that we learned.

Android 10.0 General Availability

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Jon Douglas

We’re excited to announce Xamarin.Android support for Android 10.0 in our latest release of Xamarin.Android for both Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio for Mac 2019!

Announcing the Xamarin + Azure Functions Challenge!

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Christos Matskas

A new developer coding challenge has emerged. Do you have what it takes to build and run a simple Xamarin app that uses Azure Functions to run tasks in the cloud? Choose to enter and you'll find yourself in a draw for some really cool prizes. Read the blog for details - your challenge awaits.

Xamarin Announcements from .NET Conf 2019

September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Pierce Boggan

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we shared some exciting announcements for Xamarin and Visual Studio developers, enabling you to be more productive and use the full power, performance, and capabilities of iOS/Android in your applications.

Announcing Xamarin Hot Restart

September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Jimmy Garrido

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we announced Xamarin Hot Restart which enables you to test changes made to your app, including multi-file code edits, resources, and references, using a much faster build and deploy cycle.

.NET Conf and Local Events!

September 18, 2019 Sep 18, 2019 09/18/19

Jayme Singleton

.NET Conf: a FREE, 3-day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft, is live-streaming to a device near you on September 23-25 with local events around the world through October! .NET Core 3.0 will also launch at .NET Conf 2019 - You won't want to miss this.

Get Ready for iOS 13 and Xcode 11

September 13, 2019 Sep 13, 2019 09/13/19

David Ortinau

Support for iOS 13 and Xcode 11 to accompany Apple’s Xcode Gold Master (GM) release has just been announced! Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and Xamarin.Forms for iOS) apps with Xcode 11 GM and submit your iOS 13, tvOS 13 and watchOS 6 apps to the Apple App Store.

Xamarin.Forms 4.3 Prerelease and the CarouselView Challenge

September 11, 2019 Sep 11, 2019 09/11/19

Paul DiPietro

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

August 21, 2019 Aug 21, 2019 08/21/19

Paul DiPietro

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.

Xamarin Blog

Announcements - Xamarin Blog

Hacktoberfest 2019 – Xamarin Edition

CarouselView Challenge Wrap-up

Android 10.0 General Availability

Announcing the Xamarin + Azure Functions Challenge!

Xamarin Announcements from .NET Conf 2019

Announcing Xamarin Hot Restart

.NET Conf and Local Events!

Get Ready for iOS 13 and Xcode 11

Xamarin.Forms 4.3 Prerelease and the CarouselView Challenge

Xamarin.Forms 4.2.0 Hits GA & CollectionView Updates

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