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Great Looking Settings Screens for Xamarin.Forms

March 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021 03/17/21

James Montemagno

Looking to spruce up your settings screen in your Xamarin.Forms app? Checkout some quick tips to theme the built in controls in Xamarin.Forms to make your settings shine.

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!

What’s New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5

April 8, 2020 Apr 8, 2020 04/8/20

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 was released! Which brings several new features and improvements for mobile developers in Visual Studio for Mac to help you build better mobile apps, faster.

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

January 13, 2020 Jan 13, 2020 01/13/20

Gerald Versluis

The Visual State Manager (VSM) can now change a property on any child element within scope for our new Xamarin.Forms 4.5 pre-release version.

Tips and Tricks for XAML Hot Reload

January 10, 2020 Jan 10, 2020 01/10/20

Maddy Montaquila

Kick start your productive new year with some tips and tricks for XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms. Such as making changes to your XAML files, saving, and instantly seeing those changes reflected on your app!

Xamarin Podcast: If The Boots Fit

September 20, 2019 Sep 20, 2019 09/20/19

Matt Soucoup

Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno review and discuss a range of topics in this month’s Xamarin Podcast episode covering iOS 13, Android 10, and a little something called, "Boots".

Boost Performance with Compiled Bindings in Xamarin.Forms

September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19

James Montemagno

See how compiled bindings for Xamarin.Forms XAML can help boost performance in your apps and also give immediate feedback when developing apps if you have a typo in your bindings.

Public Preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

August 15, 2019 Aug 15, 2019 08/15/19

Alex Corrado

Along with Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac previews, this release also has a public preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms to speed up your inner development loop when working with Xamarin.Forms XAML by instantly reflecting changes you make in your running app, without requiring you to stop and rebuild.

Xamarin & .NET Developer Events in August

July 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 07/31/19

Jayme Singleton

Discover the world of Xamarin and .NET with your community at developer events happening this August. Find tons of opportunities around the world, including conferences and virtual events online!

New Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense in Visual Studio for Mac

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