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Great Looking Settings Screens for Xamarin.Forms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pierce Boggan June 19, 2019 Jun 19, 2019 06/19/19

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2 is now available as a preview, featuring significant improvements to the XAML editing experience for Xamarin developers. The Xamarin.Forms XAML editing experience on Mac is now powered by the same engine that drives WPF, UWP, and Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense on Windows. Learn More!

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XAML - Xamarin Blog

Great Looking Settings Screens for Xamarin.Forms

Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms Shapes and Paths

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

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

Tips and Tricks for XAML Hot Reload

Xamarin Podcast: If The Boots Fit

Boost Performance with Compiled Bindings in Xamarin.Forms

Public Preview of XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms

Xamarin & .NET Developer Events in August

New Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense in Visual Studio for Mac

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