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Xamarin Holiday Hack Ideas

David OrtinauDecember 21, 2020Dec 21, 202012/21/20

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 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.

Recapping Xamarin Highlights from .NET Conf 2020

Maddy LegerNovember 12, 2020Nov 12, 202011/12/20

Xamarin had a huge presence throughout .NET Conf, here’s a recap of all of the new features developers can use to build mobile apps including XAML Hot Reload 2.0, iOS Hot Restart, and Xamarin.Forms 5.0.

Xamarin Community Toolkit Hacktoberfest 2020 Recap

Gerald VersluisNovember 11, 2020Nov 11, 202011/11/20

It has been hard to miss, for the past month Hacktoberfest was upon us again. As announced in our previous blogpost, the Xamarin Community Toolkit participated as well, here is a little summary of how we did.

.NET Conf 2020 and Virtual Events in November

Jayme SingletonNovember 2, 2020Nov 2, 202011/2/20

The .NET team and the .NET Foundation are excited to present .NET Conf 2020 - a free, 3-day, live-streamed event all about .NET development! This year is going to be extra special as .NET 5.0 launches on the 10-year anniversary of this virtual conference happening November 10-12th, 2020!

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.

Query & Interact with Apps in Android 11 with Package Visibility

James MontemagnoOctober 15, 2020Oct 15, 202010/15/20

There are several exciting new APIs and enhancements in Android 11. One of the more interesting changes for developers is changes to package visibility. In this post we will see what package visibility is and what changes need to be made to apps to query and interact with apps installed on the user's device.

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.

Join Hacktoberfest at the Xamarin Community Toolkit

Gerald VersluisOctober 2, 2020Oct 2, 202010/2/20

Code for swag 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.

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