{"id":10219,"date":"2014-04-09T07:10:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T11:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=10219"},"modified":"2019-04-02T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T20:36:41","slug":"xamarin-c-sharp-ios-and-android-take-center-stage-at-microsoft-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-c-sharp-ios-and-android-take-center-stage-at-microsoft-build\/","title":{"rendered":"C#, iOS, and Android Take Center Stage at Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tIt was an exciting week for .NET developers with a slew of announcements at this years <a href=\"http:\/\/buildwindows.com\/\" title=\"Microsoft Build Conference\" target=\"_blank\">Build<\/a> conference in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10220\" title=\"Microsoft Build Sign\" alt=\"Microsoft Build Sign\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/1396382825460-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The most anticipated Build session of the week hands down was Miguel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/Build\/2014\/3-653\" title=\"Watch Go Mobile on Channel 9 with Miguel\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Go Mobile with C# and Xamarin&#8221;<\/a>, where over 1,500 developers packed the main hall for a chance to see Miguel talk on the transformation of mobile development. The audience loves seeing his live coding session where he used iOS&#8217; CoreImage and Twitter integration to add Sepia filter to an image and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/migueldeicaza\/status\/451864449654063104\" title=\"Miguel's Live tweet from \/\/Build\/\" target=\"_blank\">tweet it out<\/a> to the world! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10222\" title=\"Packed house at Miguel de Icaza's build talk\" alt=\"Packed house at Miguel de Icaza's build talk\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/17_7757_GE_181-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continuing to wow the crowd, Miguel unveiled our brand new <a href=\"\/look-sharp-in-a-xamarin-c-shirt\/\" title=\"Get your own C# shirt!\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin T-shirt Store app<\/a> enabling developers to try out Xamarin to build their first app to order their very own limited edition C# shirt that he was rocking on stage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/Build\/2014\/3-653\/player?h=324&#038;w=576&#038;format=html5\" style=\"height:324px;width:576px;\" allowFullScreen frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A major highlight of the week was when C#&#8217;s lead architect, <strong>Anders Hejlsberg<\/strong>, open sourced the <a href=\"http:\/\/roslyn.codeplex.com\/\" title=\"Roslyn on Codeplex\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Compiler Platform<\/a>, <strong>Roslyn<\/strong>, live on stage. This marked a major milestone allowing developers to gain access to a plethora of information that compilers have about the code we write each day. Immediately after Anders open sourced Roslyn, our own Miguel de Icaza hit the stage to showcase the power of an open sourced Roslyn by compiling code with a modified version of Roslyn running on Mono inside of Xamarin Studio on a Mac!<\/p>\n<p>If Roslyn wasn&#8217;t enough, Xamarin took part in the official launch of the <a href=\"\/xamarin-and-the-.net-foundation\/\" title=\"Xamarin helps form .NET Foundation\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Foundation<\/a>. This new foundation will foster open development, collaboration and community engagement on the .NET platform. Xamarin initial contribution consists of six open source .NET Projects including Mailkit, Mimekit, System.Drawing, and more! We are excited to join other community leaders including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBugnion\" title=\"Laurent on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Laurent Bugnion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umbraco\" title=\"Neils on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Niels Hartvig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulcbetts\" title=\"Paul Betts on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Betts<\/a>, and other to aid in advancing .NET open source projects.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10149\" alt=\".NET Foundation\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/dotnet_logo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The excitement for Xamarin, C#, and mobile apps continued throughout the week with an always packed Xamarin booth. Thousands of developers got to chat and get a hands on demo of creating beautiful Android and iOS apps in C#.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10221\" title=\"Packed Xamarin booth at \/\/Build\/\" alt=\"Packed Xamarin booth at \/\/Build\/\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/52_7757_GE_427-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Build wouldn&#8217;t be complete without an epic Xamarin party, and this year was no different. Our friends .NET joined us to co-host a mega party in downtown San Francisco. Thousands of developers packed in to get face time with Nat, Miguel, Joseph, and the rest of the Xamarin crew at a party that is not to be forgotten! We want to thank everyone that was able to stop by the party and booth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/20140403_Xamarin_082_H.jpg\" alt=\"Xamarin Build Event at Mezzanine\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you thought that Build was epic, you will absolutely want to join us for Xamarin Evolve, <a href=\"\/announcing-xamarin-evolve-2014-ticket-sales-dates\/\" title=\"Xamarin Evolve\" target=\"_blank\">the largest mobile developer conference of the year<\/a>. Tickets go on sale on April 10th, so make sure to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/evolve.xamarin.com\" title=\"Xamarin Evolve Conference\" target=\"_blank\">official Evolve website<\/a> to sign up for details.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an exciting week for .NET developers with a slew of announcements at this years Build conference in San Francisco. 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