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Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps
Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps
David Ortinau September 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 09/29/20
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 ...
Customer Showcase: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Customer Showcase: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Alex Blount September 24, 2020 Sep 24, 2020 09/24/20
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.
Build Xamarin.iOS apps using iOS 14 and Xcode 12
Build Xamarin.iOS apps using iOS 14 and Xcode 12
Whitney Schmidt September 21, 2020 Sep 21, 2020 09/21/20
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.
Fabulous: Functional App Development
Fabulous: Functional App Development
Timothé Larivière September 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020 09/10/20
Learn how to get started with functional programming with Xamarin, F#, and Fabulous to create amazing native mobile apps. Guest blogger and Fabulous maintainer Timothé Larivière walks you through what Fabulous is, how to get started, and how to build real world functional native mobile apps.
.NET Virtual Events in September
.NET Virtual Events in September
Jayme Singleton September 1, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 09/1/20
Virtually tune-in to any event around the world through amazing online events, streams, and recordings this September. Stay active with your developer communities through upcoming MeetUps. Get lots of content from the teams at Microsoft and the global community. And learn how to get started with .NET and Xamarin!