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Xamarin.Forms 4.3 Prerelease and the CarouselView Challenge

Paul DiPietroSeptember 11, 2019Sep 11, 201909/11/19

Today we’re announcing the first prerelease of Xamarin.Forms 4.3 which includes CarouselView’s implementation, based on CollectionView, and can provide unique functionality within your apps. Plus - a new Xamarin challenge!

Keep Up to Date With the Latest Xamarin Docs

Craig DunnSeptember 10, 2019Sep 10, 201909/10/19

The Xamarin documentation portal is home to everything you need to know about building apps with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. There you will find great quickstarts, tutorials, and deep-dive content. The docs are always updating and can easily be contributed to, so here are a few things on how to keep up with docs.

Boost Performance with Compiled Bindings in Xamarin.Forms

James MontemagnoSeptember 4, 2019Sep 4, 201909/4/19

See how compiled bindings for Xamarin.Forms XAML can help boost performance in your apps and also give immediate feedback when developing apps if you have a typo in your bindings.

Modernizing iOS Apps for Dark Mode with Xamarin

David OrtinauAugust 30, 2019Aug 30, 201908/30/19

Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Forms deliver native iOS experiences for iOS 13 Apple which introduces dark mode: A system-wide option for light and dark themes to choose themes or allow iOS to dynamically change appearance based on the environment and time of day.

Send Surveys, Collect Feedback, and Smash Bugs with One Line of Code with Instabug

charlotteswanAugust 23, 2019Aug 23, 201908/23/19

In this Guest Blog post learn why having in-app feedback is important to application success and how Instabug can enable a super simple way to stream line user feedback and crash reporting.

Xamarin.Forms 4.2.0 Hits GA & CollectionView Updates

Paul DiPietroAugust 21, 2019Aug 21, 201908/21/19

Today have released Xamarin.Forms 4.2 for general availability, which is packed full of great new features for Shell and awesome community contributions that you are going to love. Additionally, read up on the latest happenings with the development of CollectionView and it's status.

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

Jon DouglasAugust 20, 2019Aug 20, 201908/20/19

The Xamarin.Android team has worked hard to delivery amazing features that every Xamarin developer should be using. Now through the end of August, we challenge YOU to give them a try and get rewarded with some awesome Xamarin swag!

Public Preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

Alex CorradoAugust 15, 2019Aug 15, 201908/15/19

Along with Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac previews, this release also has a public preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms to speed up your inner development loop when working with Xamarin.Forms XAML by instantly reflecting changes you make in your running app, without requiring you to stop and rebuild.

Add Scheduling Capabilities to Xamarin.Forms apps with Syncfusion Scheduler

Prabakaran RamasamyAugust 9, 2019Aug 9, 201908/9/19

Learn how to configure the Syncfusion Scheduler control in a Xamarin.Forms application. As well as how to schedule an appointment, interactively reschedule appointments, make a recurrence appointment, and switch to different views.

Add Contact Features in 4 Lines of Code with Xamarin.Essentials

James MontemagnoAugust 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19

See how you can create a contact application to send an sms, email, place a phone call, and navigate to a location with just 4 lines of code with Xamarin.Essentials.

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