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Xamarin.Forms and Zeplin: Speed Up Your Design to Development Process

October 23, 2018 Oct 23, 2018 10/23/18
Arnstein Johansen
Working in a small team with frequent design changes, the extension for Zeplin helps us quickly implement the design. It is also convenient due to its ability to generate a ResourceDictionary for Xamarin.Forms with all your colors and style. Whether you are developing for web or creating mobile apps, Zeplin is a great tool that can boost your productivity by bridging the gap between design and code. Zeplin is a service available for free, but with one active project limitation.

Using the New Xamarin.Forms Controls Toolbox

August 24, 2018 Aug 24, 2018 08/24/18
Maddy Montaquila
Today, we are excited to debut the Xamarin.Forms Controls Toolbox as part of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 and Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6. The toolbox lists the available Xamarin.Forms controls. Furthermore, these can be dragged directly onto the XAML editing surface to create the control on your page!