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Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Stable Now Available

July 8, 2019 Jul 8, 2019 07/8/19

David Ortinau

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.

iOS 13 Preview Release Now Available

July 3, 2019 Jul 3, 2019 07/3/19

Pierce Boggan

Today, we are excited to share our first preview containing support for iOS 13 and Xcode 11! With today's preview, you can begin building applications using Xcode 13 and begin integrating existing new APIs for iOS 13 such as Sign in with Apple, along with support for iPadOS 13, watchOS 6, tvOS 13, and macOS 10.15.

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19

Jonathan Peppers

One of our current focus areas in Xamarin.Android is build performance and reducing the multidex count. Developer productivity is directly impacted by the "inner dev loop": the time it takes to make a small code change and see the result on a device or emulator. Performance is a feature!

Get Started with Free Xamarin Training on Microsoft Learn

June 21, 2019 Jun 21, 2019 06/21/19

Adam Patridge

Learn how to build cross-platform mobile applications with the new Xamarin.Forms content on Microsoft Learn; A new and completely free platform where you can earn points and badges, level up, and advance your development skills.

New Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense in Visual Studio for Mac

June 19, 2019 Jun 19, 2019 06/19/19

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2 is now available as a preview, featuring significant improvements to the XAML editing experience for Xamarin developers. The Xamarin.Forms XAML editing experience on Mac is now powered by the same engine that drives WPF, UWP, and Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense on Windows. Learn More!

Grial UI Kit: Building Beautiful Xamarin.Forms Apps, Faster

June 12, 2019 Jun 12, 2019 06/12/19

Leonardo Rodriguez

See how the Grial UI Kit from UX Divers provides XAML templates, custom controls, helpers and resources that accelerate the creation of Xamarin.Forms apps. We make it dead simple for .NET developers to build beautiful cross-platform apps, fast.

Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

June 7, 2019 Jun 7, 2019 06/7/19

James Montemagno

Browse the Xamarin.Essentials Maps documentation to learn about all of the great cross-platform native APIs with additional implementation and limitation details. Xamarin.Essentials is open source on GitHub where you can report issues, ask for features, and contribute to the library.

CheckBox with Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Pre-Release

June 5, 2019 Jun 5, 2019 06/5/19

David Ortinau

Xamarin.Forms 4.0 introduced the new Shell navigation and image source unification. Today, we are shipping a pre-release of our next version, Xamarin.Forms 4.1 which introduces a CheckBox control.

Customer Showcase: BBVA – Augmented Reality House Hunting

May 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 05/31/19

Jayme Singleton

Customer Showcase - BBVA discusses Valora View and the use of various Microsoft technologies to address business needs for a mobile app that helps customers look for houses to rent or buy using Augmented Reality, Big Data, and 2D heat map features with .NET and Xamarin.

Xamarin.Forms 4.0: Getting Started with Shell

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19

David Ortinau

Xamarin.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.

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Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Stable Now Available

iOS 13 Preview Release Now Available

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

Get Started with Free Xamarin Training on Microsoft Learn

New Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense in Visual Studio for Mac

Grial UI Kit: Building Beautiful Xamarin.Forms Apps, Faster

Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

CheckBox with Xamarin.Forms 4.1.0 Pre-Release

Customer Showcase: BBVA – Augmented Reality House Hunting

Xamarin.Forms 4.0: Getting Started with Shell

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