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Xamarin Goes Dual Screen

David OrtinauJanuary 22, 2020Jan 22, 202001/22/20

Surface Duo introduces a whole new class of ultra-portable experiences running on dual screens. Today we are excited to announce our public preview of the SDK for Surface Duo. Xamarin developers can take advantage of the new SDK to enlighten existing apps and create innovative experiences for this new device that inspires creativity.

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

Gerald VersluisJanuary 13, 2020Jan 13, 202001/13/20

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.

Tips and Tricks for XAML Hot Reload

Maddy LegerJanuary 10, 2020Jan 10, 202001/10/20

Kick start your productive new year with some tips and tricks for XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms. Such as making changes to your XAML files, saving, and instantly seeing those changes reflected on your app!

Xamarin Podcast: All The New 4’s: Xamarin Forms 4.4 and Visual Studio 16.4!

Matt SoucoupDecember 20, 2019Dec 20, 201912/20/19

Keep up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure with co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno! Covering a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers from designing mobile apps to identity management.

This month’s episode we’re all about the new 4’s! Xamarin.Forms 4.4 and Visual Studio 16.4!

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Get Moving with Xamarin.Forms 4.4

David OrtinauDecember 12, 2019Dec 12, 201912/12/19

Introducing a new CarouselView control in Xamarin.Forms 4.4. Along with IndicatorView for displaying the pages or items in the carousel. As well as SwipeView for providing contextual actions to any element in a CollectionView.

5 Quick Tips For CollectionView

David OrtinauNovember 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19

Get started with these quick tips on CollectionView to show off some useful new features and best practices for creating powerful native mobile experiences.

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Pull-to-refresh with Xamarin.Forms RefreshView

James MontemagnoNovember 20, 2019Nov 20, 201911/20/19

The RefreshView control was introduced alongside CollectionView in Xamarin.Forms 4.3 to give you complete control over adding pull-to-refresh to any scrollable control.

All Things Xamarin at Microsoft Ignite 2019

James MontemagnoNovember 12, 2019Nov 12, 201911/12/19

This year at Microsoft Ignite the Xamarin team was everywhere! In addition to being all around the Developer Architecture Center booths, there were sessions and workshops throughout the conference - all available on-demand!

Snppts Community Challenge

James MontemagnoNovember 1, 2019Nov 1, 201911/1/19

We are excited to announce our first ever community challenge featuring Snppts: a community-run Xamarin.Forms UI snippets aggregate. Simply submit a snippet to be eligible for exclusive swag!

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