Xamarin Blog

Fabulous: Going Beyond Hello World

Timothé Larivière November 17, 2020 Nov 17, 2020 11/17/20

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 Leger November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

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 Versluis November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20

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 Singleton November 2, 2020 Nov 2, 2020 11/2/20

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 Mansoor October 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 10/22/20

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 Montemagno October 15, 2020 Oct 15, 2020 10/15/20

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 Montemagno October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

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 Versluis October 2, 2020 Oct 2, 2020 10/2/20

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.

.NET Conf 2020 and Community Events this October

Jayme Singleton October 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 10/1/20

Virtually tune-in to communities around the world through amazing online events, streams, and recordings this October. Stay connected to your developer communities through the upcoming .NET Conf 2020, virtual Meetups, community stand-ups, podcasts, and more. Get started with .NET tutorials and learn how to host your own virtual experiences!

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 ...