Xamarin Blog

Xamarin Podcast: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing

May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 05/15/20

Matt Soucoup

Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is easier than ever. Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers from designing mobile apps to identity management. In this month’s episode, James and Matt pull out all the stops about authentication and really Focus on Xamarin.

Xamarin.Forms Shell Quick Tip – Passing Data When Navigating

May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020 05/13/20

James Montemagno

Xamarin.Forms Shell offers built in route based navigation enabling easy navigation to and from pages in your application. Continue reading for a full walkthrough of how to pass data from one page to another.

Exposure Notification API Support for Xamarin Apps

May 6, 2020 May 6, 2020 05/6/20

Jon Dick

Announcing the first preview of Exposure Notification APIs for devices. Read through to get a full breakdown of what APIs are available and our first preview of a full cross-platform API for Xamarin developers.

Virtual Xamarin and .NET Events in May

May 4, 2020 May 4, 2020 05/4/20

Jayme Singleton

Stay virtually-active this May with your developer communities through engaging online events, live-streams, and on-demand videos, all from the comfort of home!

Xamarin Customer Showcase: PGS Software + Volotea

May 1, 2020 May 1, 2020 05/1/20

Jayme Singleton

Xamarin Showcase: When Volotea, an airline leader connecting European cities with competitively priced direct flights, was looking to re-invent their mobile apps, PGS Software was there to build a beautiful app with Xamarin and .NET. 

Xamarin.Forms 4.6: Material Components, Shell, and the Future

April 29, 2020 Apr 29, 2020 04/29/20

David Ortinau

Today, we are shipping Xamarin.Forms 4.6 with a host of quality improvements, including several new feature previews. With more controls available “in the box” than ever before, it has never been easier to quickly build quality mobile apps with Xamarin!

Xamarin.Essentials: Now with Permissions, App Theme, & Authentication

April 23, 2020 Apr 23, 2020 04/23/20

James Montemagno

The latest version of Xamarin.Essentials (1.5) is packed full of beautiful native cross-platform APIs including app theme detection, permissions, web authentication, and so much more. Read on for details, samples, and guides to get started today.

The Cognitive Services + Xamarin Combo Challenge!

April 20, 2020 Apr 20, 2020 04/20/20

Matt Soucoup

The Cognitive Services + Xamarin Combo Challenge: Combine some Azure Cognitive Services in the most crazy ways – and pop in some additional Xamarin goodness by April 30 to get some amazing Xamarin swag!

Xamarin Podcast: Logically Embed That Authentication

April 17, 2020 Apr 17, 2020 04/17/20

Matt Soucoup

In this month's episode, James and Matt pull out all the stops about authentication and really Focus on Xamarin.

.NET Conf – Focus on Xamarin Event Recap

April 14, 2020 Apr 14, 2020 04/14/20

James Montemagno

Checkout on-demand videos, code samples, and links from the largest Xamarin virutal event of the year, .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin. Here is a full recap of every single moment from the event.