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The Journey to Accessible Apps

April 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 04/14/21

Rachel Kang (SHE/HER)

Get started on your journey to developing inclusive apps - start here, with accessibility, today.

Xamarin.Essentials 1.6 preview: macOS, media, and more!

October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

James Montemagno

Announcing the preview for Xamarin.Essentials 1.6 that introduces official support for macOS and exciting features including a file & media picker, app actions, screenshots, and much more.

Build Xamarin.iOS apps using iOS 14 and Xcode 12

September 21, 2020 Sep 21, 2020 09/21/20

Whitney Schmidt

Support for iOS 14 and Xcode 12 to accompany Apple’s Xcode 12 GM release was just announced! Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and Xamarin.Forms for iOS) apps with Xcode 12 GM and submit your iOS 14, tvOS 14 or watchOS 7 apps to the Apple App Store.

Reuse Xamarin.Forms Pages in an iOS Extension

May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020 05/22/20

alexeystrakh

Get a complete walkthrough on how to integrate Xamarin.Forms and render a simple ContentPage natively in an iOS Extension project. Read on to learn more!

Xamarin Updates From Microsoft Build 2020

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

James Montemagno

Today kicks of Microsoft Build 2020, a 48-hour digital experience that is completely free for everyone to attend online! The Xamarin and .NET teams have some very exciting announcements, sessions, and interactive experiences throughout the event - so let's dive in!

Xamarin Customer Showcase: PGS Software + Volotea

May 1, 2020 May 1, 2020 05/1/20

Jayme Singleton

Xamarin Showcase: When Volotea, an airline leader connecting European cities with competitively priced direct flights, was looking to re-invent their mobile apps, PGS Software was there to build a beautiful app with Xamarin and .NET.

Social Authentication with Xamarin.Essentials and ASP.NET Core

March 30, 2020 Mar 30, 2020 03/30/20

Jon Dick

Many apps require adding user authentication, and this often means enabling your users to sign in their existing Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and now Apple Sign In accounts. With Xamarin.Essentials' new WebAuthenticator and using ASP.NET Core on your backend it has never been easier. Learn more!

Binding iOS Swift Libraries

February 28, 2020 Feb 28, 2020 02/28/20

alexeystrakh

The ability to reuse components built with Swift has become increasingly important to Xamarin developers as their popularity amongst developers continues to grow. This post describes a high-level process of binding a Swift framework. Additional information available through Microsoft documentation.

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

January 13, 2020 Jan 13, 2020 01/13/20

Gerald Versluis

The Visual State Manager (VSM) can now change a property on any child element within scope for our new Xamarin.Forms 4.5 pre-release version.

Build Great Xamarin Apps with App Center

October 24, 2019 Oct 24, 2019 10/24/19

Ela Malani [MSFT]

Visual Studio App Center offers integrated and end-to-end developer services for building, managing and powering your Xamarin iOS and Android apps. Easily integrate globally scalable backend services with just a few lines of code. Automate your build, test, and distribution pipelines, while continuously monitoring real-time performance.