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Xamarin.Forms 3.1: Improving the Little Things

David OrtinauJuly 18, 2018Jul 18, 201807/18/18

Earlier this year, we surveyed Xamarin.Forms developers about the kinds of custom controls and extra platform code being written repeatedly that should be considered for support “in the box”. From these conversations, we created an initiative to deliver as many as we could in the next several releases. Just six weeks after shipping Xamarin.Forms 3.0 at Build 2018, we are excited to introduce Xamarin.Forms 3.1 with a batch of those enhancements to make your lives easier. Now you can spend more time investing in your applications! In this article, we'll take a look at some of the highlights.

Try the Latest Release of Xamarin.Forms 3.0!

David OrtinauMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

We are overjoyed to bring you our latest stable release of Xamarin.Forms, version 3.0. This is our fastest, richest release to date coupled with fantastic improvements up and down the Xamarin stack such as the latest XAML IntelliSense experience in Visual Studio 2017. When you upgrade to 3.0 you’ll discover new layout and styling powe

Implement Drawer and Split UI with the Xamarin.Forms MasterDetailPage

Mark TaparauskasApril 26, 2018Apr 26, 201804/26/18

Drawer navigation and master-detail UI are two powerful patterns that guide users through content in applications with significant amounts of data or many pages. Xamarin.Forms provides the MasterDetailPage to help you implement both presentation styles. Using MasterDetailPage in Xamarin.Forms MasterDetailPage does a lot of the work for

Adding Sound to a Xamarin.Forms App

Adrian StevensNovember 13, 2017Nov 13, 201711/13/17

Audio has many uses in mobile applications. Sounds can be essential to your app; they may notify users of important events or make your app accessible to visually-impaired users. We can also use sound to help convey moods, intentions, or feelings within our apps. In fact, many companies include jingles or sounds as part of their brand.

Adaptive UI with Xamarin.Forms

Adrian StevensOctober 16, 2017Oct 16, 201710/16/17

Xamarin.Forms has supported iOS, Android, and Windows for a long time. We've also added new platforms to keep up with the changing landscape, such as Tizen and macOS, with Linux and Windows WPF on the horizon. These platforms run on a wide variety of devices including phones, tablets, desktops, and TVs. This presents an interesting challen

Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve

David OrtinauSeptember 15, 2017Sep 15, 201709/15/17

As a first time user learning any new technology or pattern, there’s always a curve, and over the years I've stood at the threshold of a product and gazed up that curve to determine how painfully steep it appeared and how long it would take until I was productive. Now, as the Program Manager for Xamarin.Forms, I gather and receive a lot of

Securing Web Requests with TLS 1.2

James MontemagnoApril 4, 2017Apr 4, 201704/4/17

In my years of development, one thing I've learned for certain is that securing your network requests is an essential part of any mobile application. A few weeks ago one of my own applications stopped working due to a change to a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate on meetup.com's authentication server, which made me realize the important role Transport Layer Security (TLS) plays in securing app and server requests.

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