{"id":47311,"date":"2020-05-15T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/?p=47311"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:12:07","slug":"xamarin-podcast-contact-tracing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-podcast-contact-tracing\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin Podcast: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is easier than ever. Co-hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/codemillmatt\">Matt Soucoup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesmontemagno\">James Montemagno<\/a> cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers from <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/podcast-designing-mobile-apps\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\">designing mobile apps<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/podcast-identity-management-in-mobile-apps\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\">identity management<\/a>. In this month&#8217;s episode, James and Matt pull out all the stops about authentication and really <a href=\"https:\/\/focus.dotnetconf.net\/Agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Focus on Xamarin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39202\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/podcast-2.png\" alt=\"Xamarin Podcast: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing<\/h3>\n<p>Matt and James have lots of news and new releases to cover this month for you!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-essentials-now-with-permissions-app-theme-authentication?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xamarin.Essentials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-forms-4-6?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xamarin.Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check those permissions, app themes, and do some authentication with the latest Essentials. Xamarin.Forms 4.6 brings some styling to Shell and Visual&#8217;s Material updates. As well as dot navigation to Shell. What is dot navigation? Tune in to find out!<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Xamarin engineering team was hard at work to get a <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/contact-tracing-exposure-notification-api?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cross-platform API out for the new contact tracing API from Apple and Google<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft Build 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Happy May everybody &#8211; and since it&#8217;s May, that can only mean one thing &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/register.build.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft Build 2020<\/a> is coming up! So James and Matt give you a Xamarin sneak peek of what to look for at Build this year. <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t waste any time. <a href=\"https:\/\/register.build.microsoft.com\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register for \/\/Build right now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3>Cases, Clouds, and Combo Challenges!<\/h3>\n<p>A couple of cool case studies were published in the last month. An amazing one involves the <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/volotea-pgs-software-xamarin-showcase\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volotea app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever needed to sync a bunch of data from the cloud, but only want to send exactly what you need? James and Matt explain how this can be possible <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/azure-sql-change-tracking-data-sync\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">using Azure SQL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We know you have been waiting for a recap of the wackiness from the <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/cognitive-services-xamarin-challenge?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-xamblog-masoucou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crazy Cognitive Service Combo Challenge<\/a>. Happy to share this is coming your way!<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod:<\/p>\n<p><center>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/fireside.fm\/player\/v2\/ce4Mj65y+x8b_82CZ?theme=dark\" width=\"740\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Subscribe or Download Today<\/h2>\n<p>Join your co-hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/codemillmatt\">Matt Soucoup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesmontemagno\">James Montemagno<\/a> to discuss the latest and greatest in Android, Xamarin, and cloud development. Get all the updates about Xamarin.Forms, recent features, and future releases in a jiffy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xamarinpodcast.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe to the Xamarin Podcast<\/a> on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is easier than ever. Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin developers from designing mobile apps to identity management. 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