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What’s New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview

January 23, 2020 Jan 23, 2020 01/23/20

Pierce Boggan

This week, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 was released, bringing several new features and improvements for Xamarin Developers including Xamarin Hot Restart, Android apply changes, faster Android startup, XAML online documentation, and more!

Xamarin Announcements from .NET Conf 2019

September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Pierce Boggan

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we shared some exciting announcements for Xamarin and Visual Studio developers, enabling you to be more productive and use the full power, performance, and capabilities of iOS/Android in your applications.

Announcing Xamarin Hot Restart

September 23, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 09/23/19

Jimmy Garrido

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we announced Xamarin Hot Restart which enables you to test changes made to your app, including multi-file code edits, resources, and references, using a much faster build and deploy cycle.

What’s New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 Previews

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 released with major productivity enhancements: XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms, improvements to the XAML Previewer, along with support for the latest Android Q APIs.

Announcing XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

July 11, 2019 Jul 11, 2019 07/11/19

Pierce Boggan

Today at Xamarin Developer Summit, we announced XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms, which enables you to make changes to your XAML UI and see them reflected live, without requiring another build and deploy. Learn More!

Xamarin Developer Summit Live Streams!

July 9, 2019 Jul 9, 2019 07/9/19

James Montemagno

Xamarin Developer Summit is a two-day conference in Houston, TX. USA packed with TONS of amazing sessions and workshops for Xamarin developers. Don't worry if you aren’t able to attend in person, enjoy the conference remotely through our Xamarin Live broadcasts! Learn more...

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19

Jonathan Peppers

One of our current focus areas in Xamarin.Android is build performance and reducing the multidex count. Developer productivity is directly impacted by the "inner dev loop": the time it takes to make a small code change and see the result on a device or emulator. Performance is a feature!

Xamarin API Docs: Open Sourced and Available Now

May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 05/9/19

Larry O'Brien

Today, we are happy to announce the release of all Xamarin API documentation as Open Source. Additionally, we have moved the hosting of Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.iOS & Xamarin.Mac, and SkiaSharp from their old Xamarin home to docs.microsoft.com.

What’s New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019

April 2, 2019 Apr 2, 2019 04/2/19

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 is the next major version of Visual Studio which is now generally available (GA)! With this version, there is a lot to love. From a real-time collaboration with colleagues using Visual Studio Live Share to the new Visual Studio start window as well as delights like per-monitor DPI support and improved debug capabilities. We believe this is the best release of Visual Studio yet!

Xamarin.Essentials Adds Detect Shake, Browser Customization, Color Helpers, and More!

March 18, 2019 Mar 18, 2019 03/18/19

James Montemagno

Introducing Xamarin.Essentials 1.1.0! Xamarin.Essentials’ built-in Accelerometer API now gives you ability to detect shake movement, Geolocation API detects mock locations, and the Browser API now supports more customization.

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