Episode 41: Previewing Xamarin.Forms 3.0
In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and David walk you through the early preview of Xamarin.Forms 3.0, announced at Microsoft Build 2017. Learn about new ways you can use Xamarin.Forms in your apps, speed and performance enhancements, and what new platforms are coming to Xamarin.Forms.
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Show Notes
In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and David walk you through the early preview of Xamarin.Forms 3.0, announced at Microsoft Build 2017. Learn about new ways you can use Xamarin.Forms in your apps, speed and performance enhancements, and what new platforms are coming to Xamarin.Forms.
Show Notes:
0:30 - Microsoft Build
4:00 - Xamarin.Forms 3
5:50 - Standardization of custom renderers
6:15 - Xamarin.Forms Embedding
11:45 - Fast renderers and layout compression for increased performance
16:00 - Performance benchmarking in Xamarin.Forms
18:15 - One-time binding mode
20:00 - New FlexLayout system
21:30 - New "backends" for Xamarin.Forms - macOS, GTK#, and WPF
27:00 - Community-driven development
29:45 - XAML Standard 1.0
Links & Show Notes:
- The Xamarin Podcast website
- Channel 9: Designing Mobile Apps
- Channel 9: What's new in Xamarin.Forms
- Xamarin.Forms 3.0
- Pierce: Twitter, GitHub
- David Ortinau: Twitter, GitHub
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Special Guest: David Ortinau.