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

    18IntegrationsiOS
    Join Hacktoberfest at the Xamarin Community Toolkit
    Join Hacktoberfest at the Xamarin Community Toolkit
    Gerald VersluisGerald 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.

    3AnnouncementsEvents
    Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps
    Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps
    David OrtinauDavid OrtinauSeptember 29, 2020Sep 29, 202009/29/20
    Xamarin.Forms 5 brings to stable release features that you have seen in preview over the latest several 4.x releases. This includes solid and gradient Brushes, CarouselView, drag-and-drop, RadioButton, Shapes, and SwipeView. These new features inject new creative potential for your application designs to create beautiful, interactive ...

    9DevelopersXamarin
    Customer Showcase: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    Customer Showcase: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    Alex BlountAlex BlountSeptember 24, 2020Sep 24, 202009/24/20
    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is known for it’s many areas of involvement in the movie industry, but it is most famous for the annual awards show, The Oscar’s ®. See how the Academy migrated their infrastructure to Azure and leveraged Xamarin to deliver a rich, responsive experience to its members across a range of devices.

    Comments are closed.0Case StudiesXamarin
    Build Xamarin.iOS apps using iOS 14 and Xcode 12
    Build Xamarin.iOS apps using iOS 14 and Xcode 12
    Whitney SchmidtWhitney SchmidtSeptember 21, 2020Sep 21, 202009/21/20
    Support for iOS 14 and Xcode 12 to accompany Apple’s Xcode 12 GM release was just announced! Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and Xamarin.Forms for iOS) apps with Xcode 12 GM and submit your iOS 14, tvOS 14 or watchOS 7 apps to the Apple App Store.

    Comments are closed.0iOSXamarin
    Xamarin Podcast: Drawing, Visual Studio 2019, Virtual Meetups & More!
    Xamarin Podcast: Drawing, Visual Studio 2019, Virtual Meetups & More!
    AvatarMatt SoucoupAugust 24, 2020Aug 24, 202008/24/20
    In this month's podcast episode, James and Matt explore drawing with Xamarin.Forms, discuss latest new releases of Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio for Mac, as well as how to get your virtual meetup rolling with the .NET Foundation.

    Comments are closed.0EventsPodcasts
    App First Run Detection with Xamarin.Essentials
    App First Run Detection with Xamarin.Essentials
    AvatarJames MontemagnoAugust 19, 2020Aug 19, 202008/19/20
    Several great approaches to check if and when your app is launching. For the very first run or for a specific version, all using Xamarin.Essentials! Easily detect the first time your user has run your application or for a specific version to easily integrate prompts.

    5DevelopersIntegrations
    Profiling Xamarin.Android Startup
    Profiling Xamarin.Android Startup
    AvatarJonathan PeppersAugust 14, 2020Aug 14, 202008/14/20
    Measure, optimize, and fine-tune the performance of your Android apps build with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms with these tips and tricks using great tools.

    1AndroidDevelopers
    Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths
    Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths
    David OrtinauDavid 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!

    7XamarinXamarin Platform
    Xamarin Podcast: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7
    Xamarin Podcast: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7
    AvatarMatt 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.

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