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Xamarin and .NET Developer Events in April
User groups are getting together to learn about new, exciting releases and tooling to help jumpstart their next mobile development project. Network with your local community this month and you too could get all the latest updates about Xamarin and .NET related technologies.
GlideX For Fast Images on Android
Unlock the power of Glide with “GlideX”: a simple library to swap-in Glide’s image loading implementation in-place of what Xamarin.Forms ships in the box.
Introducing the Xamarin.iOS Interpreter
Historically iOS applications have had a number of limitations when running on a device, as Apple disallows the execution of dynamically generated code. Applications are compiled “Ahead of Time” (AOT) before deployment because of this. You can read more about this architecture here.
Join the Xamarin Visual Challenge
Over the past month, we have been running a low-key challenge to flex the new Xamarin.Forms 3.6 feature, Visual with Material Design. For more information about what Visual is and what you can do with it, hit the blog announcement. Now through the end of March, we're upping the stakes.
Get Your Apps Ready for Apple’s New Watch Processor Architecture
Important changes are coming to watchOS! Checkout our support for Apple Watch Series 4 new processor architecture, ARM64_32 based on the Xamarin.iOS SDKs shipping with Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2019 for Mac.
Xamarin.Essentials Adds Detect Shake, Browser Customization, Color Helpers, and More!
Introducing Xamarin.Essentials 1.1.0! Xamarin.Essentials’ built-in Accelerometer API now gives you ability to detect shake movement, Geolocation API detects mock locations, and the Browser API now supports more customization.
Introducing the New Xamarin Customer Showcase
Introducing the Xamarin Customer Showcase highlighting the amazing work that developers around the world use Xamarin to build beautiful native mobile apps with .NET.
A Quick Update on Google Components for iOS and Android
A quick update on libraries and technical work our team has been doing to keep up to date with Google recently updating their APIs across iOS and Android including Google Play services and AndroidX.
Enhanced Xamarin Development With MFractor
MFractor is a powerful Visual Studio for Mac extension that streamlines development of Xamarin applications with handy features like the XAML editor IntelliSense, Image Manger, and Font Importer.