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Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths

July 23, 2020 Jul 23, 2020 07/23/20

David Ortinau

Xamarin.Forms 4.7 introduces drawing controls for Shapes and Paths. These are powerful new cross-platform controls that use the familiar control syntax from UWP and WPF. As well as use the native graphics libraries on each target platform. Learn more!

Mastering Multilingual in Xamarin.Forms

July 21, 2020 Jul 21, 2020 07/21/20

Jayme Singleton

This guest post by Charlin Agramonte elaborates on how multilingual support is one of the most common requirements for mobile apps and the simplicity of building mobile apps with Xamarin that handle multiple languages.

Xamarin Podcast: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7

July 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020 07/17/20

Matt Soucoup

In this month’s episode, James and Matt recap the 100% remote Microsoft Build that happened at the end of May 2020. They also talk about some new Azure + Xamarin docs and how to reuse Xamarin.Forms in iOS extensions.

App Themes for Xamarin.Forms

July 16, 2020 Jul 16, 2020 07/16/20

David Ortinau

This new dark and light mode theme helper, AppThemeBinding along with UserAppTheme make it really easy to handle theme modes in your Xamarin.Forms apps.

Introducing C# Markup for Xamarin.Forms

July 15, 2020 Jul 15, 2020 07/15/20

Jayme Singleton

C# Markup for Xamarin.Forms enables developers to seamlessly create user interfaces in C# code with built in markup extensions. In this guest blog post Vincent will walk-through how to setup C# markup and all of the great built in features.

Xamarin.Forms Shell Quick Tip – Easy Back Navigation

June 26, 2020 Jun 26, 2020 06/26/20

James Montemagno

Xamarin.Forms Shell simplifies your application architecture and your navigation! See how easy it is to navigate backwards and pass parameters with some new features recently added.

Xamarin.Forms 4.7: Grid Column & Row Definitions, Multi-Bindings, Shapes & Paths, and More!

June 17, 2020 Jun 17, 2020 06/17/20

Jake Kirsch

Today, the Xamarin.Forms team is releasing Xamarin.Forms 4.7 with a collection of feature additions and improvements. These new features will let you unleash your full creative abilities when developing Xamarin.Forms applications.

Reuse Xamarin.Forms Pages in an iOS Extension

May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020 05/22/20

alexeystrakh

Get a complete walkthrough on how to integrate Xamarin.Forms and render a simple ContentPage natively in an iOS Extension project. Read on to learn more!

Xamarin Updates From Microsoft Build 2020

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

James Montemagno

Today kicks of Microsoft Build 2020, a 48-hour digital experience that is completely free for everyone to attend online! The Xamarin and .NET teams have some very exciting announcements, sessions, and interactive experiences throughout the event - so let's dive in!

Xamarin Podcast: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing

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