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Xamarin Holiday Hack Ideas

David Ortinau December 21, 2020 Dec 21, 2020 12/21/20

Are you looking for some code-related diversions this holiday season to pass the time and have some fun? So are we! Here are some ideas to help inspire us all.

December’s Community Standup – .NET MAUI Update

Maddy Leger December 2, 2020 Dec 2, 2020 12/2/20

Join Xamarin & .NET MAUI team members Maddy Leger, David Ortinau, and Jon Dick for updates on .NET MAUI, the next generation of Xamarin.Forms to build cross-platform mobile and desktop apps.

Fabulous: Going Beyond Hello World

Timothé Larivière November 17, 2020 Nov 17, 2020 11/17/20

In this guest blog from Fabulous maintainer Timothé Larivière shows us the next steps in leveraging F#, MVU, and Fabulous to build mobile apps with Xamarin.

In-app reviews for your Android apps

Saamer Mansoor October 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 10/22/20

You can now launch in-app reviews in Android using the Store Review Plugin and the new Play Core library for Android.

Xamarin.Essentials 1.6 preview: macOS, media, and more!

James Montemagno October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

Announcing the preview for Xamarin.Essentials 1.6 that introduces official support for macOS and exciting features including a file & media picker, app actions, screenshots, and much more.

A Dev Story: College Diary with Xamarin.Forms by Theodora Tataru

Theodora Tataru August 12, 2020 Aug 12, 2020 08/12/20

Guest Blog: Theodora Tataru shares her developer story of finding Xamarin and building out her new app, College Diary.

Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths

David Ortinau July 23, 2020 Jul 23, 2020 07/23/20

Xamarin.Forms 4.7 introduces drawing controls for Shapes and Paths. These are powerful new cross-platform controls that use the familiar control syntax from UWP and WPF. As well as use the native graphics libraries on each target platform. Learn more!

Xamarin Podcast: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7

Matt Soucoup July 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020 07/17/20

In this month’s episode, James and Matt recap the 100% remote Microsoft Build that happened at the end of May 2020. They also talk about some new Azure + Xamarin docs and how to reuse Xamarin.Forms in iOS extensions.

App Themes for Xamarin.Forms

David Ortinau July 16, 2020 Jul 16, 2020 07/16/20

This new dark and light mode theme helper, AppThemeBinding along with UserAppTheme make it really easy to handle theme modes in your Xamarin.Forms apps.

Xamarin Updates From Microsoft Build 2020

James Montemagno May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

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!

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