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May 28, 2019May 28, 201905/28/19Xamarin.Forms 4.0 introduced amazing new features to help streamline development when building beautiful mobile apps with C#. In this blog we will walk through the brand new Xamarin.Forms Shell that helps simplify application structure when working with tabs, search, flyout layouts, and the new URI-routing navigation.
April 3, 2019Apr 3, 201904/3/19Last week we issued a challenge to the Xamarin community to use the new Material Design controls with Visual by reproducing an existing screen. The view should look and behave mostly the same on both Android and iOS. The goal for us was to learn if the new Visual feature was easy to use, how helpful the Material Design controls were for meeting design needs, and what we should do next to make this capability really sing. You really took to the challenge and exceeded our expectations
April 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19Visual Studio 2019 is the next major version of Visual Studio which is now generally available (GA)! With this version, there is a lot to love. From a real-time collaboration with colleagues using Visual Studio Live Share to the new Visual Studio start window as well as delights like per-monitor DPI support and improved debug capabilities. We believe this is the best release of Visual Studio yet!
April 1, 2019Apr 1, 201904/1/19User groups are getting together to learn about new, exciting releases and tooling to help jumpstart their next mobile development project. Network with your local community this month and you too could get all the latest updates about Xamarin and .NET related technologies.
March 22, 2019Mar 22, 201903/22/19Over the past month, we have been running a low-key challenge to flex the new Xamarin.Forms 3.6 feature, Visual with Material Design. For more information about what Visual is and what you can do with it, hit the blog announcement. Now through the end of March, we're upping the stakes.
March 18, 2019Mar 18, 201903/18/19Introducing Xamarin.Essentials 1.1.0! Xamarin.Essentials’ built-in Accelerometer API now gives you ability to detect shake movement, Geolocation API detects mock locations, and the Browser API now supports more customization.
March 15, 2019Mar 15, 201903/15/19Introducing the Xamarin Customer Showcase highlighting the amazing work that developers around the world use Xamarin to build beautiful native mobile apps with .NET.
March 13, 2019Mar 13, 201903/13/19A quick update on libraries and technical work our team has been doing to keep up to date with Google recently updating their APIs across iOS and Android including Google Play services and AndroidX.
March 12, 2019Mar 12, 201903/12/19MFractor is a powerful Visual Studio for Mac extension that streamlines development of Xamarin applications with handy features like the XAML editor IntelliSense, Image Manger, and Font Importer.
March 8, 2019Mar 8, 201903/8/19Join James Montemagno & Matt Soucoup for another Xamarin Podcast where they chat about the new customer showcase, Xamarin.Forms 3.5, Xamarin.Forms 3.6, Xamarin.Essentials 1.1.0, and the Visual Studio 2019 launch event!
