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December’s Community Standup – .NET MAUI Update

Maddy LegerDecember 2, 2020Dec 2, 202012/2/20

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 LarivièreNovember 17, 2020Nov 17, 202011/17/20

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 MansoorOctober 22, 2020Oct 22, 202010/22/20

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 MontemagnoOctober 7, 2020Oct 7, 202010/7/20

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 TataruAugust 12, 2020Aug 12, 202008/12/20

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 OrtinauJuly 23, 2020Jul 23, 202007/23/20

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 SoucoupJuly 17, 2020Jul 17, 202007/17/20

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 OrtinauJuly 16, 2020Jul 16, 202007/16/20

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 MontemagnoMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

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!

Exposure Notification API Support for Xamarin Apps

Jon DickMay 6, 2020May 6, 202005/6/20

Announcing the first preview of Exposure Notification APIs for devices. Read through to get a full breakdown of what APIs are available and our first preview of a full cross-platform API for Xamarin developers.

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