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Hacktoberfest 2019 – Xamarin Edition

October 8, 2019 Oct 8, 2019 10/8/19

David Ortinau

Code for cotton or from your love for Xamarin in this year's Hacktoberfest! Here are the guidelines to get you started. Be sure to tag your pull requests with the "Hacktoberfest" label to be considered for a reward.

Announcing the Xamarin + Azure Functions Challenge!

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Christos Matskas

A new developer coding challenge has emerged. Do you have what it takes to build and run a simple Xamarin app that uses Azure Functions to run tasks in the cloud? Choose to enter and you'll find yourself in a draw for some really cool prizes. Read the blog for details - your challenge awaits.

Xamarin Announcements from .NET Conf 2019

September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Pierce Boggan

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we shared some exciting announcements for Xamarin and Visual Studio developers, enabling you to be more productive and use the full power, performance, and capabilities of iOS/Android in your applications.

Announcing Xamarin Hot Restart

September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Jimmy Garrido

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we announced Xamarin Hot Restart which enables you to test changes made to your app, including multi-file code edits, resources, and references, using a much faster build and deploy cycle.

Xamarin Podcast: If The Boots Fit

September 20, 2019 Sep 20, 2019 09/20/19

Matt Soucoup

Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno review and discuss a range of topics in this month’s Xamarin Podcast episode covering iOS 13, Android 10, and a little something called, "Boots".

.NET Conf and Local Events!

September 18, 2019 Sep 18, 2019 09/18/19

Jayme Singleton

.NET Conf: a FREE, 3-day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft, is live-streaming to a device near you on September 23-25 with local events around the world through October! .NET Core 3.0 will also launch at .NET Conf 2019 - You won't want to miss this.

Keep Up to Date With the Latest Xamarin Docs

September 10, 2019 Sep 10, 2019 09/10/19

Craig Dunn

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.

Introducing Boots: Streamline Xamarin Continuous Integration

August 14, 2019 Aug 14, 2019 08/14/19

Jonathan Peppers

Introducing Boots: a .NET Global Tool for installing .vsix or .pkg files and specific builds of Mono, Xamarin, etc. on CI systems.

What’s New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 Previews

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 released with major productivity enhancements: XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms, improvements to the XAML Previewer, along with support for the latest Android Q APIs.

Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

August 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019 08/7/19