{"id":31609,"date":"2017-05-18T10:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=31609"},"modified":"2019-04-04T00:05:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T07:05:13","slug":"glimpse-future-xamarin-forms-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/glimpse-future-xamarin-forms-3-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Glimpse the Future of Xamarin Forms 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAt Microsoft Build 2017 we shared\u00a0our vision\u00a0for Xamarin.Forms 3.0<\/a>: to enable using Xamarin.Forms in more ways, on more platforms, and faster than ever before. Today, I want to walk you through some of the exciting new features that we’ll be adding to Xamarin.Forms that we know you’re going to love!<\/p>\n

Xamarin.Forms Embedding<\/h3>\n

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You’ve always been able to call native APIs from Xamarin.Forms, but now we’re allowing you to use Xamarin.Forms from a mostly native application.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re\u00a0going all-in on Xamarin.Forms, or just want to use it in your native applications where it benefits\u00a0you most, we’re enabling all paths; we call this\u00a0Xamarin.Forms Embedding. Take any ContentPage in XAML or C# and embed\u00a0it directly into a Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, or\u00a0UWP application.<\/p>\n

All of your existing Xamarin.Forms UI now has extended use outside of Xamarin.Forms applications.\n \nHere’s how it looks. In your non-Xamarin.Forms\u00a0application it’s as simple as initializing Forms with the expected parameters for that platform and creating the native counterpart for the\u00a0ContentPage<\/code> using\u00a0a convenient method. Just like that, you have native controls at your\u00a0fingertips!<\/p>\n

\/\/ Android\r\nForms.Init(this, null);\r\nvar androidFragment = new MyFormsPage().CreateFragment(this);\r\n\r\n\/\/ iOS\r\nForms.Init()\r\nvar iosViewController = new MyFormsPage().CreateViewController();\r\n\r\n\/\/ UWP\r\nForms.Init(e);\r\nvar uwpElement = new MyFormsPage().CreateFrameworkElement();<\/pre>\n
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Xamarin.Forms features, such as DependencyService, MessagingCenter, and the data binding system, all still work in this scenario.<\/p>\n
Reach More Platforms<\/h3>\n
Xamarin.Forms is heading to more platforms! Get ready to run on macOS, Linux, and even more Windows applications using WPF. We’ve started with macOS\u00a0in preview today<\/a>, but we aren’t stopping there—we’re enabling you to target every desktop platform! Our team is\u00a0well under way developing for GTK# and WPF.<\/p>\n
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Speed Boosts and Enhancements<\/h3>\n
We’ve put Xamarin.Forms under the microscope to identify key targets for making your apps load faster and run quicker, specifically:<\/p>\n