{"id":47825,"date":"2020-08-24T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T18:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/?p=47825"},"modified":"2020-08-24T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:01:31","slug":"drawing-xamarin-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/drawing-xamarin-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin Podcast: Drawing, Visual Studio 2019, Virtual Meetups &#038; More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is now more fun 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=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">designing mobile apps<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/podcast-identity-management-in-mobile-apps\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">identity management<\/a>. In this month&#8217;s podcast episode, James and Matt explore drawing with Xamarin.Forms, the latest new releases of Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio for Mac. Additionally, they review how to get your meetup rolling with the .NET Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><center>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/07\/podcast-2-1.png\" alt=\"Xamarin Podcast: Drawing, Visual Studio 2019, Virtual Meetups\" width=\"465\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/07\/podcast-2-1.png 465w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/07\/podcast-2-1-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>\n<\/center>\n<br><\/p>\n<h2>Drawing What You Want with Xamarin.Forms<\/h2>\n<p>Ever looked at your app and thought, &#8220;It needs some shapes or gradients to make the final touches&#8221;? Now with Xamarin.Forms 4.8, you can customize that design experience for your users. Tune-in to find out how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-forms-shapes-and-paths\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">draw any shape you want<\/a> using Xamarin.Forms 4.8. Including adding in the content of an SVG file with the ease.<\/p>\n<p>And you need gradients? Xamarin.Forms has gradients too! This podcast episode has you covered.<\/p>\n<h2>Latest Releases<\/h2>\n<p>If you were not yet aware, there are new versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-v16-7-releases\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">Visual Studio 2019<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-7-is-now-available\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">Visual Studio for Mac<\/a> out in the wild. Matt walks you through how those help your Xamarin development life cycle. Matt even learns a new word. &#8220;Adornments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the drawing goodness that Xamarin.Forms 4.8 brings, Matt and James also discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarinforms-4-8-gradients-brushes\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">a few other great features<\/a> from the latest releases. Find out more through the episode.<\/p>\n<h2>Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Make your app support multiple languages. The guys <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/mastering-multilingual-in-xamarin-forms\/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">review a blog post that offers pointers<\/a> on how to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Listen-in to find out all about how the .NET Foundation will make <a href=\"https:\/\/dotnetfoundation.org\/community\/virtual-user-group\">attending<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/dotnetfoundation.org\/community\/meetups\">hosting<\/a> a user group easier than ever before.<\/p>\n<h2>Entity Framework Core on Xamarin<\/h2>\n<p>Entity Framework Core works on Xamarin. There is even a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/ef\/core\/get-started\/xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">brand new quick-start to prove it<\/a>! And Matt lets you in on a little secret &#8211; how you can make it even better. Check out the podcast to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>This classic duo also covers how many videos it would take to put together an <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Azure-SQL-for-Beginners?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-xamblog-masoucou\">entire course on learning Azure SQL<\/a>. As it turns out, the answer is <em>61<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Even More?<\/h2>\n<p>We can&#8217;t forget about the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod! All of that and more in this month&#8217;s Xamarin Podcast!<\/p>\n<p><center>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/fireside.fm\/player\/v2\/ce4Mj65y+aLgpNEc7?theme=dark\" width=\"740\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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 catch up on 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. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xamarinpodcast.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe to the Xamarin Podcast<\/a> on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher. 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