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Reuse Xamarin.Forms Pages in an iOS Extension

alexeystrakhMay 22, 2020May 22, 202005/22/20

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

James MontemagnoMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

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 Podcast: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing

Matt SoucoupMay 15, 2020May 15, 202005/15/20

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. In this month’s episode, James and Matt pull out all the stops about authentication and really Focus on Xamarin.

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Shell Quick Tip – Passing Data When Navigating

James MontemagnoMay 13, 2020May 13, 202005/13/20

Xamarin.Forms Shell offers built in route based navigation enabling easy navigation to and from pages in your application. Continue reading for a full walkthrough of how to pass data from one page to another.

Xamarin.Forms 4.6: Material Components, Shell, and the Future

David OrtinauApril 29, 2020Apr 29, 202004/29/20

Today, we are shipping Xamarin.Forms 4.6 with a host of quality improvements, including several new feature previews. With more controls available “in the box” than ever before, it has never been easier to quickly build quality mobile apps with Xamarin!

Magic Gradients: Beautiful Backgrounds in Xamarin.Forms

BohdanApril 6, 2020Apr 6, 202004/6/20

Magic Gradients is a NuGet that provide a possibility to add beautiful and enhanced gradients into Xamarin.Forms applications. Here is a quick taste of what you can do with the library using it as a separate layer or background.

Screenshot of the iOS Simulator showing an example of custom font usage with embedded fonts on iOS

Embedded Fonts: Custom Fonts in Xamarin.Forms

Gerald VersluisApril 3, 2020Apr 3, 202004/3/20

Embedded fonts means no more platform-specific handling of fonts or adding font files in three different projects. In this post we will see how to use this in Xamarin.Forms 4.5.530 and up.

Image of a web authenticator flow starting with the mobile app, calling the ASP.NET Backend, then to an external provider that handles the main oAuth flow and returns a token back to the ASP.NET controller and then back to the mobile application.

Social Authentication with Xamarin.Essentials and ASP.NET Core

Jon DickMarch 30, 2020Mar 30, 202003/30/20

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!

Increase Binding Possibilities with RelativeSource

Javier SuárezMarch 25, 2020Mar 25, 202003/25/20

RelativeSource is a markup extension that is used to bind a property of a given element to another property of the element itself. This articles shares examples, documentation, and more!

Faster Application Startup using Custom Profiles with Startup Tracing on Android

Jon DouglasMarch 19, 2020Mar 19, 202003/19/20

Developers today can already take advantage of Startup Tracing to improve the startup time of their Android apps. Today, I will show you a new feature that let's you build a custom profile to be used for your app with Startup Tracing that finely tunes and optimizes your apps startup.

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