At Xamarin Evolve 2016 we announced that Xamarin.Forms is now open source and introduced a brand new Xamarin.Forms Previewer that renders a live preview of a page side-by-side with the corresponding XAML markup, directly within your Xamarin Studio environment. Xamarin.Forms has also had tons of new features added in the last several months to help you build great mobile apps even faster, including the introduction of DataPages, native control embedding, URL navigation, and a CarouselView control.

In this contest, we invite you to try out the latest-and-greatest in Xamarin.Forms by adding a Xamarin.Forms 2.* feature to your application to receive a Xamarin code monkey!

How to Enter

1. Add one of the Xamarin.Forms 2.* features below to your app:
   • DataPages
   • Native control embedding
   • URL navigation
   • CarouselView control
   • Compiled XAML
   • ListView cell recycling strategy
   • Control templates
   • Data template selector
   • Effects
2. Take a screenshot of the new feature(s) implemented in code alongside your app running on a simulator/emulator, and tweet it with the hashtag #XamarinForms and the Xamarin.Forms 2.* feature added.

Sample tweet:

3. There are tons of #XamarinForms features to help you maximize app performance: https://t.co/o2h84NfEdw pic.twitter.com/Iz7woelJYa

   — Pierce Boggan (@pierceboggan) June 17, 2016

Rules

All submissions must be made by Monday, June 27 at 12:00 pm EDT. A valid entry consists of a tweet containing the hashtag #XamarinForms and mentioning @XamarinHQ, along with a screenshot of a Xamarin.Forms 2.* feature being implemented (picture must contain associated code and feature running in app). Each valid entry will receive a plush Xamarin code monkey, one entry per person. To be eligible, you must follow @XamarinHQ on Twitter to enable us to DM you for private-follow up. There is no purchase necessary to enter the “Add the Latest in Xamarin.Forms” contest.