The .NET MAUI Podcast

Lots of new stuff to talk about this month! Ever want to get down to the nitty gritty and do some drawing in Xamarin.Forms! Well, now in Xamarin.Forms 4.8 you can! James and Matt discuss all the ins and outs of brushes, gradients and shapes and how you can implement them in your Xamarin.Forms app. There's also new releases for Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac. Find out about how you can make your .NET meetups shine - and attend some new ones too. And tell us all about your experience about Entity Framework and Xamarin. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod! Show Notes New Releases Xamarin.Forms 4.8 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarinforms-4-8-gradients-brushes/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-v16-7-releases/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio for Mac (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-7-is-now-available/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Twitch Visual Studio channel (https://www.twitch.tv/visualstudio) Latest News Multi-lingual support in Xamarin.Forms (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/mastering-multilingual-in-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Drawing your user interface in Xamarin.Forms with shapes and paths (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-shapes-and-paths/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) A Dev Story: College Diary with Xamarin.Forms (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/college-diary-xamarin-theodora-tataru/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Meetup resources, presentations and workshops (https://dotnetfoundation.org/community/meetups) .NET Foundation virtual user groups (https://dotnetfoundation.org/community/virtual-user-group) .NET Conf Focus on Microservices (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/Focus-on-Microservices?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Azure News Quick start with Xamarin.Forms and Entity Framework (https://docs.microsoft.com/ef/core/get-started/xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) 61 videos of beginner Azure SQL content (https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Azure-SQL-for-Beginners?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure App Configuration (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-app-configuration/overview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod! Matt: Microsoft.Identity.Web (https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-identity-web/wiki) James: PancakeView v2 (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast76-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

Xamarin.Forms 4.7 is out and the Inverter Converter is all the rage!! ... well ... multi-value bindings are all the rage - but that doesn't have quite the ring of Inverter Converter. This month James and Matt run down the rest of the great features in Xamarin.Forms 4.7 including how it helps you manage light and dark themes, eliminates the need for James' image circle plug-in, and makes writing Grid row and column definitions so, so, so much easier. Tune in to hear about some new requirements for submitting Android 10 apps to the Google Play store and get some quick tips on implementing back navigation with Xamarin.Forms Shell too! Plus - get your blog featured on an upcoming podcast by registering your blog with Planet Xamarin today! And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Register your blog on Planet Xamarin (https://www.planetxamarin.com) New Releases Xamarin.Forms 4.7 new features (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-4-7/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms multi-bindings (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/data-binding/multibinding?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Android 10 requirements (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android-10-requirements/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Latest News Shell Quick Tip: Back navigation (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-shell-back-navigation/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Azure News Azure SQL is the best database for developers (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/10-reasons-to-use-azure-sql-in-your-next-project/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Azure SQL is the best on Data Exposed (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Data-Exposed/Why-Azure-SQL-is-Best-For-Developers-Part-1?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure Custom Vision Service (https://azure.microsoft.com/services/cognitive-services/custom-vision-service/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Power Automate (https://docs.microsoft.com/power-automate/getting-started?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod! Matt: Fluent design system icons (https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui-system-icons) James: Sharpnado (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Sharpnado.Presentation.Forms/) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast75-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

//Build 2020 just happened - remotely! James and Matt recap all of the great Xamarin announcements - and then you can go out and watch all the sessions. Plus this episode covers how to build iOS extension while reusing some Xamarin.Forms pages a new Azure + Mobile documentation center and so much more. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Latest News Xamarin Build Updates (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/microsoft-build-2020-xamarin/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) .NET MAUI (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-net-multi-platform-app-ui/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Learn TV (https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/tv/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Learn what Learn TV is all about (https://docs.microsoft.com/teamblog/announcing-learn-tv?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Shell Quick Tip: Passing Data (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-shell-query-parameters/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Reuse Xamarin.Forms pages in iOS extensions (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios-extension-xamarin-forms/) Azure News New Xamarin + Azure developer center (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/developer/mobile-apps?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Choosing the correct cloud messaging format (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/How-to-choose-Azure-services-for-working-with-messages-in-your-application?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure Storage Queues (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/queues/storage-queues-introduction?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod! Matt -Using settings.json & local.settings.json in Xamarin apps (https://redth.codes/settings-json-files-in-xamarin-apps/) James - Virtual .NET User Groups (https://www.meetup.com/dotnet-virtual-user-group) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast74-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

Hope everybody is staying healthy! We have lots of news and new releases to cover this month for you! Xamarin.Essentials and Xamarin.Forms have new releases. And the Xamarin engineering team was hard at work to get a cross-platform API out for the new contact tracing API from Apple and Google. James and Matt also talk about //Build, a couple of cool new case studies, and recap the wackiness of the Crazy Cognitive Service Combo Challenge! And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Latest Releases Xamarin.Essentials 1.6 is on the loose (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-essentials-now-with-permissions-app-theme-authentication?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 4.6 brand new features (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-4-6?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Find out about the new Contact Tracing API (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/contact-tracing-exposure-notification-api?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Events Register for //Build now! (https://register.build.microsoft.com/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News Crazy Cognitive Services Combo Challenge Wrap-Up (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/cognitive-services-xamarin-challenge?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Volotea + PGS Software Case Study (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/volotea-pgs-software-xamarin-showcase/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Changesets with Azure SQL (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/azure-sql-change-tracking-data-sync/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Magic Gradients ... with animated gradients! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/magic-gradients-xamarinforms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Azure News Brokered Auth in MSAL.NET (https://developer.microsoft.com/identity/blogs/announcing-xamarin-broker-support-in-msal-net-4-9-0/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Azure Cosmos DB and Minecraft World Case Study (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/minecraft-earth-and-azure-cosmos-db-part-1-extending-minecraft-into-our-real-world/) Azure Service of the Month Azure Maps (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-maps/about-azure-maps?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod! Matt - Material Frame with Blur (https://www.sharpnado.com/materialframe-blur) James - Azure Table Storage (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/tables/table-storage-overview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast73-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

Logically embed that authentication ... that doesn't make sense at all ... or does it? Well it does when James and Matt talk about Azure Logic Apps, embedded fonts, and the brand new Xamarin.Essentials authentication! Yeah - they have nothing to do with each other whatsoever! 😄 But James and Matt talk about a whole lot more - including a wrap-up of the recently completed .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin, new releases of Visual Studio for Windows and Mac, and great new tools for making your Android apps faster! And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Latest Releases Visual Studio 16.5 and VS Mac 8.5 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/whats-new-for-xamarin-developers-in-visual-studio-2019-version-16-5/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio Previews (https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2019-mac-preview-relnotes?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou#preview1) Faster Android Startup with Startup Tracing Custom Profiles (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/faster-android-startup-times-with-startup-tracing/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) Social Authentication with Xamarin.Essentials (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/authentication-xamarin-essentials-aspnet/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News Increase Binding Possibilities with RelativeSource (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/binding-possibilities-relativesource/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) Embedded Fonts in Xamarin.Forms (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/embedded-fonts-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin Wrap-up (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/Focus-on-Xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin Slides (https://github.com/dotnet-presentations/dotNETConf/tree/master/2020/FocusOnXamarin/Technical) Azure News Make Azure Logic Apps Easy (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Go-serverless-Enterprise-integration-with-Azure-Logic-Apps?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure Logic Apps (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/logic-apps/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod! Matt - HTTPTracer (https://github.com/BSiLabs/HttpTracer) James - Sharpnado: Acrylic Frame (https://www.sharpnado.com/sharpnado-goes-acrylic/) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast72-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

This month James and Matt talk about Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin, and everything related to Xamarin - you could say they Focus on Xamarin. That's because on March 23, 2020 there's a live streaming event called .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin! Tune in to get a preview of all the great content coming up. But of course there's more in store in this pod too! You want the best features of Xamarin.Forms 4.5? You got it. Not enough & you want 4.6 pre-release news too? Done & done! Haven't heard enough about AndroidX yet - well fill you in some more. And we'll even let you know how Xamarin.Essentials released both 1.4 and 1.5 at the same time! (hint... it's all related to AndroidX!) And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Latest Releases AndroidX NuGet packages are stable (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/androidx-nuget-packages-are-stable/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News 5 things to be excited about in Xamarin.Forms 4.5 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-4-5/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 4.6-pre release notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/4.6/4.6.0-pre1?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Essentials 1.4 & 1.5 are out (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/essentials/release-notes/1.5?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) How to bind Swift libraries (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/binding-ios-swift-libraries/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) The iOS - Swift Nuke library for Xamarin.Forms (https://www.sharpnado.com/xamarin-forms-nuke/) How to bind Kotlin libraries (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/binding-android-kotlin-libraries/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Did you know you can make every Forms layout a repeater?!? (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-bindable-layout/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Azure News Azure Cosmos DB has a free tier! (https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/azure-cosmos-db-free-tier-is-now-available/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Find parking spots with Custom Vision and IoT (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Finding-parking-spots-with-Custom-Vision-and-IoT?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Virtual Machine Scale Sets (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machine-scale-sets/overview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) Events .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin (https://focus.dotnetconf.net/Agenda) Pick of the Pod! Matt - Azure SQL changetable (https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/system-functions/changetable-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15&WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast71-podcast-masoucou) James - Task Loader View (https://github.com/roubachof/Sharpnado.TaskLoaderView) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

It's trigger-mania! Mania! On the dancefloor! This month James and Matt talk about Xamarin.Forms triggers every chance they get - because there's trigger news everywhere! The dancing doesn't stop there though - Microsoft has new dual screen devices coming out, and you can bet that Xamarin.Forms supports them! We got you covered with all those details. Xamarin.Forms 4.5 has a pre-release, and you'll want to tune in to find out what great features await you! Speaking of new features... Visual Studio for Windows and Mac have great new previews out ... what's that I hear? Hot restart and multi-target hot reload?!? Whaa?? There's some cloud news on an Azure Quickstart Center and Azure API Management. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month! Show Notes Latest Releases Xamarin goes dual screen (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-goes-dual-screen/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Surface Duo and Neo dev with Xamarin.Forms (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/surface-duo-surface-neo-with-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) All about M365 Developer Day (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2020/02/11/microsoft-365-developer-day-dual-screen-experiences/) Watch the M365 Keynote (https://developer.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/virtual-events?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 4.5 (pre) Release Notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/4.5/4.5.0-pre4?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Everything you wanted to know about Visual Studio 2019 v16.5 Preview 2 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/visual-studio-2019-version-16-5-preview-2/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) And the lowdown on Visual Studio for Mac v8.5 Preview 2 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-5-preview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News Visual State Manager with Target Name (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/visual-state-manager/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) DevOps for Android App Bundles (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android-app-bundles-azure-devops/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Toggle tab icons with triggers and styles (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/tabs-and-triggers?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) That poor UIWebView is going to be deprecated (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/uiwebview-deprecation-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Azure News Azure Quick Start Center has the answers to all your questions (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/How-to-get-started-with-Azure-using-Azure-Quickstart-Center?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) How cool is API Management? It just got cooler! (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/How-to-publish-your-APIs-with-the-new-developer-portal-in-Azure-API-Management?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure Managed Identities (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) Events .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin (https://focus.dotnetconf.net/Agenda) VS for Mac Refresh (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/event/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast70-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

New Year - New Decade - New Pod!! This month James and Matt recover from their holiday hacks to go over the latest and greatest in the world of Xamarin! There's a new version of Xamarin.Essentials out for the new year. And the new year also brings back a look at the top blogs and videos of 2019. Whew - the community sure came up with a ton of great ideas for the Santa Talk Challenge and Matt & James talk about the best. There's a hot new XAML hot reload tips and tricks article you must read and give you the scoop on gRPC and Azure Service Bus. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Latest Releases Xamarin.Essentials 1.4.0-pre (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/essentials/release-notes/1.4?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News Santa Talk Challenge Recap (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/santa-talk-xamarin-challenge/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Top blogs of 2019 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/top-xamarin-blog-posts-2019/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Top videos of 2019 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/top-xamarin-videos-2019/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Android App Bundles (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android-app-bundle/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) XAML Hot Reload Tips & Tricks (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/tips-tricks-xaml-hot-reload/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) James Holiday Hacks (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/529844594) Azure News Creating gRPC Microservices with .NET (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Cloud-Native-Show/Building-Microservices-with-gRPC-and-NET?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service Bus From the Ground Up (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Azure-Service-Bus-from-the-ground-up?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service Bus Core Features (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Azure-Service-Bus-Core-Features?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Advanced Features with Azure Service Bus (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Advanced-Features-with-Azure-Service-Bus?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Blazor Conf Blazor Conf (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/NET-Conf-Focus-on-Blazor-Teaser?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure Service Bus (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod Sharpnado (https://www.sharpnado.com/scrollable-tabs-and-circle-button-in-tabs/) Magic Gradients (https://github.com/mgierlasinski/MagicGradients) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

Everything that's new ends with a 4! This month James and Matt go over the big releases of Visual Studio 16.4 and Xamarin.Forms 4.4! But there's more than the latest releases! There's news galore! Snnpts Challenge results. Hacktoberfest, and 5 quick tips for getting the most out of the CollectionView are covered. Would you like to know how serverless fits into Cloud Native? What about the new Azure SDKs? Done and done. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Visual Studio 16.4 Quick blog recapping all new features (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/visual-studio-2019-version-16-4/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) XAML HOT RELOAD 🔥🔄 IS FINALLY IN GA! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/xaml/hot-reload?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Cool Xamarin Show on Android App Bundles (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Android-App-Bundles-101--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Read all about AndroidX libraries (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/androidx-for-xamarin/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Introduction to Android X for Xamarin | Xamarin Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Introduction-to-AndroidX-for-Xamarin--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 4.4 Xamarin.Forms 4.4 Introduction Post (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-4-4/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) More info on the IndicatorView (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/indicatorview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) You wanna know more about the SwipeView don't you? (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/swipeview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Animated GIFs - can you believe it?!? (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/swipeview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou&WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) CarouselView is a'coming! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/carouselview/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News The Snnpts Challenge (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/snppts-community-challenge/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) The Snnpts Challenge Results (https://www.thewissen.io/snppts-challenge-wrap-up/) Hacktoberfest Winners (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/hacktoberfest-awards-xamarin/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) These 5 Quick Tips on the CollectionView will change your life forever (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/5-quick-tips-for-collectionview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) And don't forget this 6th tip on pull-to-refresh! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/refreshview-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Azure News How Serverless Fits in With Cloud Native (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Cloud-Native-Show/Where-Does-Serverless-Fit-in-Cloud-Native?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Azure Core and Azure.NET SDK Libs | On.NET Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Understanding-the-AzureCore-library?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Securing Azure Apps with Azure.Identity SDK (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Securing-your-Azure-applications-with-AzureIdentity?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure DevOps (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Mobile DevOps Series (https://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/mobile-devops?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod JeffSum.NET (https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Jeffsum.NET) StateSquid (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.StateSquid) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this month's episode James and Matt talk a bit about everything. From previewing this year's HUGE Ignite Conference, to talking about the incredible bumper on Matt's new Channel 9 show - Partly Cloudy - the guys hit it all this month. They also discuss the new release of Xamarin.Forms 4.3 , and how to find out what's new with the new stuff! James explains the new App Bundle Support coming to Visual Studio - and why that's a great thing for you and your Android applications! That and a ton of great Azure goodness too! Plus the Pick of the Pod! As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes Check out the Ignte Tour! (https://www.microsoft.com/ignite-the-tour?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Matt's Partly Cloudy Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Partly-Cloudy?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) The latest new features released (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/whats-new/2019-10?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Learn more about RefreshView (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/refreshview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Draw some polygons on your maps! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/map/polygons?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Pin that map up real good! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/map/pins?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou#interact-with-a-pin) CarouselView Challenge wrapup (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/carouselview-challenge-wrap-up?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) App Bundles on the Xamarin Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Android-App-Bundles-101--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) New Community Standup site - live.dot.net () Download the Azure + Xamarin Infographic poster (https://aka.ms/xamarin-poster) More Xamarin Developer Summit videos! (https://youtube.com/c/xamarindevelopers) Microsoft Mobile Landing Page (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/xamarin/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) New documentation on doing mobile apps with Microsoft tech! (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/mobile-apps/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Buy your monkeys here! (https://stores.kotisdesign.com/dotnetfoundation) DAPR (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday/Learn-all-about-Distributed-Application-Runtime-Dapr-Part-1?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Azure App Configuration (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Cloud-Native-Show/Azure-App-Configuration?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Azure CDN Docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cdn/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast67-podcast-masoucou) Put a CDN over the BLOB storage (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cdn/cdn-create-a-storage-account-with-cdn?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Git branching model (https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/) Context Menu (https://github.com/AndreiMisiukevich/ContextMenu) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this month's episode James and Matt recap .NET Conf! .NET Conf just happened and if you missed anything don't worry, because... We. Have. You. Covered. There were a ton of great announcements and we talk about them all. Including all of the Xamarin related sessions, what Hot Restart is, and the release of a ton of .NET 101 videos. Oh ... and did you know that XAML Hot Reload is hiding in plain sight within the stable version of Visual Studio!?!? We have all of that, and cloud news, and the Azure service of the month. Plus the Pick of the Pod! As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes Check out all the goodness of .NET Conf! (https://www.dotnetconf.net) Read all the Xamarin .NET Conf Announcements (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-dotnet-conf-2019/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) More in-depth announcement on iOS 13 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios-13-and-xcode-11/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) You want the Android announcement - you got it! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android-10-0-general-availability/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Hot Restart announcement (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-hot-restart/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Check out the Hot Reload docs! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/xaml/hot-reload?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) iOS 13 docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios/platform/ios13/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Android 10 docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android/platform/android-10?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin + Azure Functions Challenge (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-azure-functions-challenge?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) CarouselView Challenge Wrap-Up Post (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/carouselview-challenge-wrap-up/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin Community Stand-Up ... See how the CarouselView works! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=pYbMoZko7yY) On .NET - Azure Function Custom Bindings (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Creating-custom-bindings-for-Azure-Functions?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Azure Functions Bindings docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/functions-triggers-bindings?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) DevOps for Mobile Show Intro (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/What-Is-Mobile-DevOps--DevOps-for-Mobile?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Every DevOps for Mobile Show - more added as they're released! (https://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/mobile-devops?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Find out more about Azure Storage (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Put a CDN over the BLOB storage (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cdn/cdn-create-a-storage-account-with-cdn?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) FFImageLoading (https://github.com/luberda-molinet/FFImageLoading) PancakeView (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView/wiki/v1.3.3) .NET Conf Xamarin Sessions Xamarin.Forms - More Productive and Beautiful Than Ever (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/NET-Conf-2019/XamarinForms-More-Productive-and-Beautiful-Than-Ever?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Build Amazing Cloud Connected Apps with Xamarin, Azure, and App Center (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/NET-Conf-2019/Build-Amazing-Cloud-Connected-Apps-With-Xamarin-Azure-and-App-Center?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Building Modern Android Applications with Android (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/NET-Conf-2019/Building-Modern-Android-Applications-with-Xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Boosting Your Xamarin Development Productivity (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/NET-Conf-2019/B336?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) The Keynote (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/NET-Conf-2019/Keynote) Xamarin YouTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xQE2bWkwjo&list=PLM75ZaNQS_FZ9JmZt2Gl17xBs7kx-cWe8) .NET 101 Video Series .NET for Apache Spark Series (https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/NET-for-Apache-Spark-101?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin 101 Series (https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Xamarin-101?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) C# 101 Series (https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/CSharp-101?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast66-podcast-masoucou) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this month's episode James and Matt talk a bit about everything. iOS 13 and Android 10 are hot off the presses. Xamarin.Forms 4.2 is too! There's something cool called Boots that will keep your feet dry in the pool of continuous integration and Azure Functions now has Dependency Injection! Plus the Pick of the Pod! As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes Check out all the goodness of .NET Conf! (https://www.dotnetconf.net) Reserve your spot in Redmond for .NET Conf (https://www.meetup.com/SeattleMobileDevelopers/events/264587306/) Get started with iOS 13 (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios/platform/ios13/get-started?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Get started with Android 10 (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android/release-notes/10/10.0?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) All the newness of Xamarin.Forms 4.2 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-4-2-0-hits-ga-collectionview-updates?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) CollectionView pull-to-refresh PR (https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/pull/7214) CarouselView Challenge!! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/carouselview-xamarin-forms-4-3-prerelease?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Boot up your CI to the next level! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/boots-xamarin-ci?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Hot reload goes to public preview (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/public-preview-xaml-hot-reload-xamarin-forms?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Android performance and app size challenge (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/challenge-xamarin-android?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Modernize apps for dark mode (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/modernizing-ios-apps-dark-mode-xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Compiled bindings!?! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/compiled-bindings-xamarin-forms?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Compiled bindings documentation (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/data-binding/compiled-bindings?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) On .NET Show - Azure Functions Dependency Injection (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Leveraging-the-Dependency-Injection-support-in-Azure-Functions?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Azure Functions dependency injection docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/functions-dotnet-dependency-injection?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Cloud Native Show - .NET Core (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Cloud-Native-Show/Why-NET-Core-for-building-Cloud-Native-Apps?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Azure Container Registry (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Fastlane (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Fastlane-Automation-For-Mobile-Apps--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Bing Search APIs (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/bing-web-search?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast65-podcast-masoucou) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this month's episode James and Matt love Android almost as much as they love going to the dentist ... seriously! There's a ton of Android goodness to discuss and they tackle it all! You've heard of Android Start-up Tracing - now find out how it makes your app faster! What's all the hubbub about AndroidX? James has got your covered! And did you know there's a great session from the Xamarin Developer Summit that you can watch that shows you the what, how, and why to optimizing your Android build?!? You bet there is and you can stream it on demand! There's more than Android in this months episode! Visual Studio of Visual Studio for Mac get updates. There's a super cool app out there that does everything you ever wanted with contacts IN FOUR LINES OF CODE! And App Center is releasing features like crazy! All of that, plus the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod! As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes Theming Visual Studio Just Got Easier! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/theming-in-visual-studio-just-got-a-lot-easier?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio 16.2 Release Blog (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-version-16-2-generally-available-and-16-3-preview-1?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) You want VS for Mac updates? We got 'em here! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-2-is-now-available-and-a-preview-for-8-3/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Android Startup Tracing Explained (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/faster-startup-times-with-startup-tracing-on-android/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Check out the Android Startup Tracking Video! (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Improved-Android-Startup-Times-with-Startup-Tracing--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) AndroidX stands for Android eXcellent! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/androidx-for-xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) AndroidX video! AndroidX video! (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Introduction-to-AndroidX-for-Xamarin--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin Developer Summit Videos (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Xamarin/Xamarin-Developer-Summit-2019?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin Developer Summit Keynote (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Xamarin/Xamarin-Developer-Summit-2019/A-Glimpse-Into-the-Future-of-Xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) The Future of App Center at the Xamarin Developer Summit (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Xamarin/Xamarin-Developer-Summit-2019/App-Center-and-the-Future-of-Azure-Mobile-Apps?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Partly Cloudy - Tips and Tricks to Using Azure to Its Fullest at the Xamarin Developer Summit (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Xamarin/Xamarin-Developer-Summit-2019/Partly-Cloudy-Tips-Tricks-to-Using-Azure-to-Its-Fullest-in-Mobile-Apps?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Speed up those Android Build Times! From the Xam Dev Summit (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Xamarin/Xamarin-Developer-Summit-2019/Speed-Up-Android-Build-Times--Shrink-APK-Sizes?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Optimize those Android Builds - The Blog (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/optimize-xamarin-android-builds/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) World's Best Contacts App (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/contacts-app-email-sms-phone-navigation-with-xamarin-essentials?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) WPF and WinForms into App Center (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/appcenter/announcing-wpf-and-winforms-support-in-visual-studio-app-center/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) All the latest App Center News (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/appcenter/visual-studio-app-center-user-identity-shared-devices/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month! Cloud Shell ALL the things (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-shell/overview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Stay warm and fuzzy in the Storage Explorer GUI (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/vs-azure-tools-storage-manage-with-storage-explorer?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast64-podcast-masoucou) Picks of the Pod! MVVM Helpers (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Refractored.MvvmHelpers) State Squid (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.StateSquid) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

It's July and we're in Houston for the Xamarin Developer Summit!! And it's 🔥🔥🔥hot hot hot🔥🔥🔥!! But it's not the temperature outside - it's because Xamarin.Forms XAML now has HOT RELOAD! 🔥🔄 If that's not mind bending enough - we cover a ton of other great stuff in this pod too! There's a ton, ton, ton of new Android improvements. AndroidX, startup tracing, JetPacks - find out what those all are! Did you know that Tizen supports Xamarin.Essentials? You do now! VS Mac has better XAML Intellisense, and learn all about the goodness that is Azure Cosmos DB. Plus there's a whole lot more too! As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes XAML Hot Reload 🔥🔄 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xaml-hot-reload/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Android App Bundles (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/shrinking-android-app-size/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) iOS 13 Preview Available (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios-13-xcode-11/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Get Started With iOS 13 (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios/platform/ios13/get-started?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Essentials Docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/essentials/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Automatic Android SDK Management (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/automatic-android-sdk-management/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) New VS Mac XAML Intellisense (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xaml-intellisense-vs4m-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Tizen for Xamarin.Essentials! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-essentials-tvos-watchos-tizen/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) VS Mac 8.2 Preview (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-1-is-now-available-and-a-preview-for-8-2/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Smaller DEX's on Android => Faster Apps! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/dex-counting-xamarin-android-improved/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Migrate those macOS apps to 64 bit! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/apple-transition-migrate-macos-apps-to-64-bit?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Find out more on how to implement for multiple device resolutions! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/styling-for-multiple-device-resolutions?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio App Center (https://docs.microsoft.com/appcenter/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) App Center Auth (https://docs.microsoft.com/appcenter/auth/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) App Center Data (https://docs.microsoft.com/appcenter/data/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) MSAL! MSAL! MSAL! (https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/wiki) Azure Cosmos DB (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/introduction?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast63-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin Media Manager (https://github.com/martijn00/XamarinMediaManager) Debug Rainbows (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.DebugRainbows) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

Wait no more to set a high score with Xamarin.Forms 4, it ain't no bore! That's right, Xamarin.Forms 4.0 has officially been released and it's on fire! Join James and Matt as they discuss the new features of 4.0, preview this summer's Xamarin Developer Summit, talk about some Android fun, and explore the ins and outs of Azure Event Grid. As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes Office hours are back! (https://aka.ms/office-hours) Xamarin.Forms 4.0 Intro Blog (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/introducing-xamarin-forms-4-0-the-era-of-shell/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) The Xamarin.Forms 4 live stream recording (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfi-EfVHMTY) Intro to Shell Blog (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/shell-xamarin-forms-4-0-getting-started/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) The Docs for Shell (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/shell/introduction?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Can you believe the Shell navigation?!? (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/shell/navigation?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Find out what makes those Android fast renderers so fastt! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/internals/fast-renderers?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Unify all the ImageSourceTypes (https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/Xamarin.Forms.ImageSource?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) You gotta be kidding me - Xamarin.Forms 4.1?!? (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/checkbox-xamarin-forms-4-1-0-pre-release/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Join us at the Xamarin Developer Summit! (https://xamarindevelopersummit.com/) Prep those Droid apps for Google 64 bit (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/64-bit-requirements-xamarin-android-apps/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Get a deeper dive into all that 64 bit goodness (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android/deploy-test/multicore-devices?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Demystify Android SSL and cleartext! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/cleartext-http-android-network-security/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Check out Merge Conflict for all the WWDC news (https://www.mergeconflict.fm/special-edition-wwdc19) MSAL 4.0 - Auth All the Things! (https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/wiki/msal-net-4) Microsoft Learn - IT'S STILL FREE!!! (https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Cloud Shell seem cool? Learn more! (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-shell/features?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Azure Event Grid Overview (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/event-grid/overview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast62-podcast-masoucou) Hanselman.Forms (https://www.mergeconflict.fm/152) Pick of the Pod - Pancake View (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

It's the first full week in May and that can only mean one thing - it's Microsoft //Build time!! Join James and Matt as they recap the highlights and announcements from this year's Build event. As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes Build playlist on Xamarin YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM75ZaNQS_FaOdwuYHMLpGXV5d83qgBAH) .NET 5 announcement (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-net-5/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio App Center Auth (https://docs.microsoft.com/appcenter/auth?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio App Center Data (https://docs.microsoft.com/appcenter/data?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio App Center announcements (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/appcenter/visual-studio-app-center-preview-welcoming-auth-and-data-to-the-portfolio?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Big-time updates to Cognitive Services (https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/making-ai-real-for-every-developer-and-every-organization?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Cognitive Services Personalizer (https://azure.microsoft.com/services/cognitive-services/personalizer/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Cognitive Services Forms Recognizer (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/form-recognizer/overview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Cognitive Services on Containers (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-container-support?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio Online (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/intelligent-productivity-and-collaboration-from-anywhere/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Cloud Shell Editor - VS Code in the Portal! (https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/cloudshelleditor/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Windows Terminal (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/introducing-windows-terminal/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin API docs open sourced (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-api-docs-open-source-available-now/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin courses on Microsoft Learn - FREE!!! (https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/browse/?term=xamarin&WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) CollectionView Challenge PRs (https://github.com/pauldipietro/CollectionViewChallenge/pulls) Shrink You Android App Size (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/shrinking-android-app-size/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) The new xamarin.com (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) Use GitHub to sign-in to the Azure portal (https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/key-improvements-to-the-azure-portal-user-experience/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) ... and associate your GitHub and Microsoft accounts... (https://support.microsoft.com/help/4501231/microsoft-account-link-your-github-account?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast61-podcast-masoucou) CaptionR (https://github.com/anthonychu/captionr) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

After all the preview releases - Visual Studio 2019 finally was released and this week Matt and James run down the highlights for Xamarin developers! This episode isn't just limited to VS2019 though - Android, Apple Watch, Xamarin.iOS, and a surprise announcement await too! Tune in! As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou)! Show Notes What's New In Visual Studio 2019 (https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/ide/whats-new-visual-studio-2019?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio 2019 Release Notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) What's New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-visual-studio-2019/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio 2019 for Mac is Available (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-is-now-available/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) Introducing the Xamarin.iOS Interpreter (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/introducing-xamarin-ios-interpreter/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) GlideX - Fast Images on Android (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/glidex-fast-images-android/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) Get those Apple Watch apps updated (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/apple-new-processor-architecture/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) .NET - Xamarin Community Standup (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rZQsJPBU2RSjv4XmpdhS4dpFLvJLu5e) .NET Foundation Community Presentations - Choose your own adventure! (https://presentations.dotnetfoundation.org/) .NET Foundation Swag Swag Swag! (https://github.com/dotnet/swag/tree/master/xamarin) Real-time Serverless with SignalR and Azure Functions (https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/real-time-serverless-applications-with-the-signalr-service-bindings-in-azure-functions/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) SignalR and Functions Documentation (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-signalr/signalr-concept-azure-functions?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast60-podcast-masoucou) .NET Community Stand-up with SignalR streaming API (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVEXQ4mbuuU) Pick of the Pod! Prism AD B2C Plugin (https://github.com/AvantiPoint/AP.AzureADAuth) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

Lots of new great stuff to talk about this month! New, new, new web pages galore! Xamarin landing documentation page, Xamarin development blog, and customer app showcase! James tells us how to debug ASP.NET Core Web APIs from Android, and find out what POP means. All of that this month and more! Show Notes Brand new Xamarin documentation landing page! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) One stop shop for all the Microsoft development blogs (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin app customer showcase - get inspired! (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin/customers?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) XamU getting Twitch-y (https://twitter.com/XamarinU/status/1102664661445558273) The Twitch Live Coders team (https://www.twitch.tv/team/livecoders) Catch James on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/jamesmontemagno) Updatng the Hanselman.Forms app (https://montemagno.com/updating-hanselman-forms-bottom-tabs-bindable-layout/) Debug those ASP.NET Web APIs on Android Emulators (https://blog.xamarin.com/debug-local-asp-net-core-web-apis-android-emulators/) Primo PDFs with SyncFusion (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-apps-syncfusion-pdf-viewer/) Pop! Pop! UI Testing with the Page Object Pattern (https://blog.xamarin.com/best-practices-tips-xamarin-uitest/) Become a speaker at Microsoft //Build (https://sessionize.com/build) Get your //Build tickets! (https://www.microsoft.com/build?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) Explore the new App Center features. Raise and comment on the issues for the features too! (https://github.com/Microsoft/appcenter/wiki) Azure App Configurations - one config to rule them all (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-app-configuration/overview?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 3.5 release notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/3.5/3.5.0?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) 5 Things You'll Love About Xamarin.Forms 3.5 (https://blog.xamarin.com/5-things-youll-love-xamarin-forms-3-5/) Xamarin.Forms Essentials 1.1.0 (https://github.com/xamarin/essentials/wiki/Release-Notes) Visual Studio 2019 RC notes (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-release-candidate-rc-now-available/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio for Mac Preview 3 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-preview-3/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev59-podcast-masoucou) MSAL 3.0 Preview (https://aka.ms/msal-net-3x) Forms 9-patch all the things - the forum post (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/58597) Forms 9-patch all the things - the website (https://baskren.github.io/Forms9Patch/) Forms 9-patch all the things - the guide (https://baskren.github.io/Forms9Patch/guides/Image.html) Selected / Unselected Xamarin.Forms tab colors (https://blog.verslu.is/xamarin/xamarin-forms-xamarin/unselectedtabcolor-selectedtabcolor-tabbedpage-xamarin-forms/) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this episode, James and Matt discuss the latest previews of Visual Studio and Visual for Mac. There's new stuff for Xamarin.Forms, Android keeps on getting faster, App Center's new features are mapped out, and C++ makes an appearance?!? Tune in for all of this and more! Show Notes Download the Visual Studio 2019 Preview (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/preview/?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) What's in VS 2019 For You! (https://blog.xamarin.com/whats-new-for-xamarin-developers-in-visual-studio-2019-preview-2/?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Intellisense and Intellicode Improvements (https://blog.xamarin.com/new-xamarin-forms-xaml-intellisense-visual-studio-2017/?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Intellicode Using ML? No Way! (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/what-s-new-in-visual-studio-intellicode/?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) R8 and D8 - The Dexer and Shrinker (https://blog.xamarin.com/androids-d8-dexer-and-r8-shrinker/?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Add Some C++ To Your Xamarin App! (https://blog.xamarin.com/?p=38700&preview=true&WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Cosmos DB - SQL API - Xamarin Tutorial In the Docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/create-sql-api-xamarin-dotnet?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Cosmos DB - MongoDB API - Xamarin Tutorial In the Docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db/create-mongodb-xamarin?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Azure KeyVault (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Azure KeyVault App Service References (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/app-service/app-service-key-vault-references?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Essentials (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/essentials/?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Visual Studio 15.9.6 Release Notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou#15.9.6) Visual Studio for Mac 7.7.3 Release Notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-mac-relnotes?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou#7.7.3) Pick of the Pod!!! VS Code Azure Extensions (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/azure/extensions?WT.mc_id=mobiledevpodcast-podcast-masoucou) Skia Sharp Fiddle (https://github.com/mattleibow/SkiaSharpFiddle) Follow Us James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this first episode of the New Year - and the second month in a row - James and Matt chat about the office hours that Matt's been hosting with the community. James has some big news about Hockey App ... or is that App Center now? Xamarin University is retiring, but Xamarin.Essentials is now a star of its own video series! James will give you a rundown of his hands on experiences with Xamarin.Forms 4.0 and introduce you to the new .NET Community Stand-Ups. In cloud news - there's a new Azure Cosmos DB SDK in town and Matt loves the auth - and there's news about auth in Azure Functions! And we have new release news for you too! Xamarin.Essentials, Visual Studio 2017, Android Support 28 Libraries, and Unity support in App Center. Plus the Pick of the Pod! Get yourself some free Azure! (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Sign up for office hours with Matt (https://aka.ms/office-hours) Read about December 2018 office hour recap (https://blog.xamarin.com/office-hours-november-2018-xamarin-azure?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Hockey App's future in App Center (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsappcenter/hockeyapps-exciting-future-in-visual-studio-app-center?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) The Hockey App cutover experience (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsappcenter/a-new-year-ahead-the-hockeyapp-cutover-experience?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Microsoft Learn - find out and sign up! (https://docs.microsoft.com/learn?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin University retirement FAQ (https://university.xamarin.com/faq?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Mark Smith - head of XamU - explaining what the retirements means for you (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/comment/358011/#Comment_358011) The Xamarin (Essentials) Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Essential API of the Week - Connectivity (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Connectivity-Essential-API-of-the-Week?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) In-depth blog on the Collection View (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-4-0-feature-preview-an-entirely-new-point-of-collectionview?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 4.0 preview blog (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-4-0-preview?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) James' Twitch stream on Forms 4.0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ9aIWg2x28) Merge Conflict episode on Forms 4.0 (https://www.mergeconflict.fm/127) Azure Cosmos DB - .NET 3.0 SDK (https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-cosmos-dotnet-sdk-version-3-0-now-in-public-preview?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Get at that ClaimsPrincipal in Azure Functions! (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/simplifying-security-for-serverless-and-web-apps-with-azure-functions-and-app-service?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Unity support in App Center? You bet! (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsappcenter/creating-memories-with-better-devops-for-unity-games-in-visual-studio-app-center?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Walk through the front door with Azure Front Door (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/front-door-overview?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) CrossGeeks Rating Slider (https://github.com/CrossGeeks/RatingSliderSample) Rating Slide blog (https://www.xamboy.com/2019/01/03/rating-swipe-control-in-xamarin-forms/) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this month's episode we reboot the podcast! Matt Soucoup, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft joins James as host and we expand the topics to focus both on Xamarin mobile development and using Azure with your mobile apps. In this episode we recap the latest news in the Xamarin world including a marathon Twitch workshop, wondering Android build time improvements, the latest news in Xamarin.Forms, and recent announcements from Microsoft Connect();. We also cover the latest in Azure news, including DevOps, MSAL, and new Azure Cosmos DB pricing. All of this, and a whole lot more! Links: Get Some Free Azure! (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Twitch Workshop: Build Your First Mobile App with C#, Xamarin, and the Cloud (https://blog.xamarin.com/twitch-workshop-build-your-first-mobile-app/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Android build performance and reliability! (https://blog.xamarin.com/android-build-performance-reliability/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Tabbing and Keyboard Navigation in Xamarin.Forms (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/accessibility/keyboard?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Image Button (https://https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/imagebutton?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Span Class (https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/xamarin.forms.span?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Decorate that Xamarin.Forms Label! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/text/label?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms Editor (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/text/editor?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) GlideX (https://github.com/jonathanpeppers/glidex) Learn more about Azure DevOps (https://azure.microsoft.com/services/devops/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) MSAL 2.0 - Authenticate all the things - now better! (https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/wiki/msal-net-2-released) New Azure Cosmos DB shared database offer (https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/azure-cosmos-db-new-shared-database-offer-now-available/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) 2018 Connect Announcements for Xamarin (https://blog.xamarin.com/connect-2018-xamarin-announcements/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms Shell (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/shell?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms Visual (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/visual?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Forget about the ListView and use the CollectionView! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/collectionview?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) James' Twitch - Implementing an iOS Checkbox for Xamarin.Forms (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/342827636) Xamarin.Essentials - it's in GA! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/essentials/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) and check out the code (https://github.com/xamarin/Essentials)! Super early preview release notes for Xamarin.Forms 4.0-pre! (https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/xamarin-forms/xamarin-forms-4.0/4.0.0-pre1/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) and while you're at it - give it a spin (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Forms/4.0.0.8055-pre1) in your apps! Get the Visual Studio 2019 Preview! (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/preview/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) The machines are coming for our intellisense! VS Intellicode (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/intellicode/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Zeplin - speed up your design process (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-and-zeplin-speed-up-your-design-to-development-process/) Azure CLI (https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Microsoft Ignite | The Tour (https://www.microsoft.com/ignite-the-tour/?WT.mc_id=vsmobiledev-podcast-masoucou) Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno discuss the latest & greatest in mobile .NET development, including Xamarin.Forms 3.0 and 3.1, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and 15.8, updates to the Android designer, and more! 2:00 Getting your Android apps ready for Google Play's new Target API level requirements 8:00 See Xamarin.Forms 3.0 in action with the open-source conference vision app 10:40 Using MongoDB with Xamarin apps 12:05 What's new in the Android designer 17:00 Mobile Build Tools & new Android MSBuild properties 17:30 Xamarin Essentials 22:05 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 - new Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense, automatic iOS provisioning, new project templates 25:00 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 - Hyper-V Android emulator, improvements to the incremental build process, Android designer and Forms Previewer improvements 27:55 Xamarin.Forms 3.1 32:40 Pick of the Podcast Getting Android Apps Ready for Google Play's Target API Level Requirements (https://blog.xamarin.com/android-apps-google-play-target-api-level-requirements/) Build 2018 Conference Vision Demo App (https://blog.xamarin.com/build-2018-conference-vision-demo-app/) Use MongoDB with Your Xamarin Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/write-apps-using-mongodb-xamarin/) What's New in the Android Designer (https://blog.xamarin.com/future-xamarin-android-designer/) Xamarin Essentials (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-essentials-cross-platform-apis-mobile-apps/) Securing & Versioning Apps with Mobile Build Tools (https://blog.xamarin.com/securing-versioning-xamarin-apps-with-mobilebuildtools/) Using MSBuild to Define Advanced Android VersionCode (https://blog.xamarin.com/advanced-android-versioncode/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 (https://blog.xamarin.com/visual-studio-2017-version-15-7-preview-3/) New XAML IntelliSense in 15.7 (https://blog.xamarin.com/new-xamarin-forms-xaml-intellisense-visual-studio-2017/) New Project Templates in 15.7 (https://blog.xamarin.com/new-xamarin-android-ios-templates/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 (https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2018/06/26/vs-2017-15-8-preview-3.aspx) Xamarin.Forms 3.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-3-0-released/) Visual State Manager (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/visual-state-manager) FlexLayout (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/layouts/flex-layout) CSS (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/styles/css) Xamarin.Forms 3.1 (https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/xamarin-forms/xamarin-forms-3.1/3.1.0/) Prism Template Pack (https://dansiegel.net/post/2017/08/30/prism-template-pack-in-visual-studio-for-mac) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno discuss news from Build 2018 for mobile developers, including Xamarin.Forms 3.0, Hyper-V support for the Android emulator, Xamarin Essentials, and updates to Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac. 6:20 What's new in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 6:30 New XAML IntelliSense engine 9:55 Automatic iOS provisioning 13:00 Eager deployment for Android app development 14:15 Android SDK management 16:00 New Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android project templates 17:10 Hyper-V support for the Android emulator 24:30 Xamarin.Essentials 33:30 Xamarin.Forms 3.0 All Things Xamarin at Build 2018 (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-build-2018/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2018/05/07/visual-studio-2017-version-15-7-and-version-15-8-preview-1/) New Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense (https://blog.xamarin.com/new-xamarin-forms-xaml-intellisense-visual-studio-2017/) Automatic Provisioning in Visual Studio 2017 (https://blog.xamarin.com/automatic-provisioning-visual-studio-2017/) Eager Deployment (https://blog.xamarin.com/visual-studio-2017-version-15-7-preview-3/) New Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android Project Templates (https://blog.xamarin.com/new-xamarin-android-ios-templates/) Hyper-V support for the Android emulator (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2018/05/08/hyper-v-android-emulator-support/) Xamarin Essentials Documentation (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/essentials/) Xamarin.Forms 3.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-3-0-released/) Visual State Manager (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/visual-state-manager) FlexLayout (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/layouts/flex-layout) CSS (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/styles/css) Right-to-left Localization (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/localization/rtl) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno discuss all of the fun features from the new Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 stable release, including macOS environment setup and iOS WiFi deployment. They also discuss building AR and ML into your mobile apps, and take a look at how you can add Tizen as a deployment target for your Xamarin.Forms apps. 3:30 HOT BITS! Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 10:30 Build some AR into your apps with UrhoSharp 1.8 14:00 Navigation patterns in Xamarin.Forms 19:00 Building apps for Tizen devices (phones, tablets, watches, and tvs!) 22:00 Update your tvOS apps on the fly with tvML 24:10 Machine learning with CoreML + Xamarin + Custom Vision Service 28:10 Behaviors in Xamarin.Forms 28:45 Adding a search bar to iOS lists 30:30 BONUS Bachelor Finale thoughts! Show Links: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 (https://blog.xamarin.com/visual-studio-2017-version-15-6-now-available/) The New Feature-Packed UrhoSharp 1.8 (https://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-urhosharp-1-8-release/) New Xamarin University Course: Navigation Patterns (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-navigation-patterns-xam205/) Add Tizen Projects to Your Xamarin.Forms Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/add-tizen-projects-xamarin-forms-apps/) Create and host tvOS TVML Apps with Azure & Xamarin (https://blog.xamarin.com/create-tvos-tvml-apps-azure-xamarin/) Extend Xamarin.Forms Control Functionality with Behaviors (https://blog.xamarin.com/extend-xamarin-forms-controls-functionality-with-behaviors/) Add a Search Bar to Your Xamarin Apps in iOS 11 (https://blog.xamarin.com/add-search-bar-xamarin-ios-11/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno talk about a new tool that turns drawings into Android or UWP layouts, merged dictionaries coming to Xamarin.Forms, ways to make your Android emulator experience more awesome, and configuring CI for mobile apps with VSTS. 7:00 Ink to Code 10:00 Wireless deploy to iPhone (Windows & Mac) 12:20 New Preview: Xamarin Android Device Manager 13:45 Speed up your Android emulator boots with quick boot 14:40 Google Play on your Android emulator 16:35 Merged dictionaries come to Xamarin.Forms 21:15 Contribute to Xamarin.Forms F100 effort 24:45 Building Xamarin.Android/iOS apps in VSTS hosted agents 26:10 Unit testing Xamarin.iOS apps in VSTS 28:30 QuickType.io Show Links: Ink to Code (https://blog.xamarin.com/draw-next-app-idea-ink-code/) Wireless Deploy to iPhone (Windows & Mac) (https://blog.xamarin.com/lose-cables-make-deploying-ios-tvos-device-easier/) Preview: Xamarin Android Device Manager (https://blog.xamarin.com/first-look-xamarin-android-device-manager-preview/) Android Emulator Quick Boot (https://blog.xamarin.com/android-emulator-quick-boot/) Just Push Play: Using Google Play on an Android Emulator (https://blog.xamarin.com/just-push-play-using-google-play-android-emulator/) Better Resource Organization with Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/better-resource-organization-xamarin-forms/) F100 (https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin.forms/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AF100) Running Xamarin.iOS Unit Tests in VSTS (https://blog.xamarin.com/running-xamarin-ios-unit-tests-visual-studio-team-services/) Building Xamarin.Android apps in VSTS Hosted Agents (https://montemagno.com/building-xamarin-android-apps-in-team-services-vsts-with-hosted-vs-2017-agents/) Building Xamarin.iOS apps in VSTS Hosted Agents (https://montemagno.com/building-xamarin-ios-apps-in-team-services-vsts-with-hosted-macos-agents/) QuickType.io (https://montemagno.com/paste-json-as-code-with-quicktype-io-in-visual-studio/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno cover Android 8.1, the new Xamarin Device Manager Preview, what’s new for mobile developers in Visual Studio versions 15.5/15.6, and share their favorite Xamarin moments from 2017. 4:45 Android 8.1 (API 27) now available to developers 5:15 Try the new Xamarin Android Device Manager preview 12:15 Updates to the iOS storyboard designer 14:05 Automatic iOS app provisioning 16:00 CoreML programming with Xamarin.Mac and F# 17:20 Top 12 blog.xamarin.com posts of 2017 23:00 SmartHotel360 - New reference mobile app built with Xamarin.Forms 24:00 New Webinar - Visual Studio App Center 25:30 Visual Studio version 15.5 is now in stable channels 29:00 Visual Studio version 15.6 is now in preview 34:20 Pick of the Week Show Links: Xamarin.Android Support for Android 8.1 (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-android-now-double-stuffed-with-oreo-8-1/) Xamarin Device Manager Preview (https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/installation/android-emulator/xamarin-device-manager/) Updates to the Xamarin.iOS designer (https://blog.xamarin.com/updates-xamarin-ios-designer/) Automatic iOS app provisioning with fastlane (https://blog.xamarin.com/even-easier-ios-app-provisioning-visual-studio-mac/) CoreML Programming with Xamarin.Mac & F# (https://blog.xamarin.com/coreml-programming-xamarin-mac-f/) Top 12 Blogs of 2017 (https://blog.xamarin.com/top-12-xamarin-blog-posts-2017/) The Xamarin Show: Getting Started with MVVM (https://blog.xamarin.com/the-xamarin-show-getting-started-with-mvvm/) Introducing the SmartHotel360 Reference Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/introducing-smarthotel360-reference-mobile-apps/) Webinar: Visual Studio App Center (https://blog.xamarin.com/upcoming-webinar-xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-visual-studio-app-center/) See what's new in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 (https://blog.xamarin.com/whats-new-visual-studio-2017-version-15-5/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 Preview (https://blog.xamarin.com/visual-studio-2017-version-15-6-preview-available-today/) VSTS Mobile Build Tasks Extension (https://montemagno.com/introducing-vsts-mobile-build-tasks-extension/) Xamarin.Forms Video Player (https://blog.xamarin.com/delivering-rich-media-experiences-xamarin-forms-video-player/) Media Manager Plugin for Xamarin (https://blog.xamarin.com/play-audio-and-video-with-the-mediamanager-plugin-for-xamarin/) Media Plugin for Xamarin & Windows (https://blog.xamarin.com/getting-started-with-the-media-plugin-for-xamarin/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) [Overcast](https://overcast.fm/itun

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan cover the latest news for mobile developers from Microsoft Connect(); 2017, including updates to Xamarin.Forms, the Live Player, Visual Studio 2017, and Visual Studio for Mac. 4:15 .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms App 9:30 What's new in the Xamarin Live Player - .NET Standard support, SkiaSharp support, and updates to onboarding 13:00 Visual Studio Team Services gets even more awesome - hosted macOS agents and secure files 16:00 How to catch up on Connect(); announcements 18:25 Xamarin.Forms 2.5 - Native Forms, layout compression, iOS 11, improved macOS desktop support 25:30 Sunsetting Xamarin Components - what you need to know 28:00 What's new in Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac for mobile developers 33:15 Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017 34:10 Library/Tool/Product of the Week Show Links: .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/net-standard-comes-xamarin-forms-project-templates/) Streamlined Testflight Registration with Fastlane (https://montemagno.com/streamlined-testflight-registration-with-fastlane/) Simplified App Signing with Secure Files in VSTS (https://blog.xamarin.com/simplified-app-signing-secure-files-visual-studio-team-services/) Microsoft Connect(); Sessions for Xamarin Developers (https://blog.xamarin.com/microsoft-connect-2017-sessions-xamarin-developers/) Three Big Things to Explore in Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/3-big-things-explore-xamarin-forms-2-5-0-pre-release/) Making iOS 11 Even Easier with Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/making-ios-11-even-easier-xamarin-forms/) Sunsetting the Component Store (https://blog.xamarin.com/hello-nuget-new-home-xamarin-components/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview Release Notes (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) Visual Studio for Mac version 15.5 Preview Release Notes (https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-mac-preview-relnotes) Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017 (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/108762/help-us-make-xamarin-faster-in-visual-studio-2017) AppCenter.ms (https://appcenter.ms/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James is joined by App Center program manager James White. We sit down and cover all of the amazing announcements from this years Connect(); 2017 event. Sit back, relax and get ready for tons of Xamarin goodness with Native Forms, .NET Embedding, App Center's General Availability, and so much more! Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast) Special Guest: James White.

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan cover Xamarin support for Android Oreo and iOS 11, share tips for beating the learning curve with Xamarin.Forms, talk upcoming releases in the pipeline, and more! 6:00 Building Xamarin apps for Android Oreo & iOS 11 12:15 Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve 14:40 Installing Visual Studio 2017 previews side-by-side with stable (and sandboxing!) 18:25 Protecting your Xamarin apps with Dotfuscator 20:00 dotNetConf Announcements & Sessions 24:45 New stable release for Xamarin developers 26:00 Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-prerelease 28:00 Package/Tool of the Podcast Show Links: Xamarin.Android 8.0 Gets Even Sweeter with Oreo (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-android-8-0-gets-even-sweeter-with-oreo/) Get Your Apps Ready for iOS 11 (https://blog.xamarin.com/get-apps-ready-ios-11/) Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-tips-beating-learning-curve/) Installing Visual Studio Previews (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Snack-Pack-21-Installing-Visual-Studio-2017-Preview) Protecting Apps with Dotfuscator (https://blog.xamarin.com/protecting-xamarin-apps-dotfuscator/) dotNetConf (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetconf/2017) dotNetConf: What's New in Xamarin (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/dotnetConf/2017/T114) Stable Release: 15.3.5 with Xcode 9 and iOS 11 Support (https://releases.xamarin.com/stable-release-15-3-5-with-xcode-9-support/) Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/93181/pre-release-xamarin-forms-2-4-0-275-pre3) Waffle.io (waffle.io) Quicktype: Json to C# (https://montemagno.com/convert-json-to-any-language-with-quicktype/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan discuss LOTs of new previews for Xamarin developers, including Android O, Xamarin Live Player, iOS 11, and Xamarin.Forms previews for you to try in addition to some exciting community updates. 2:00 Xamarin Live Player Preview 2: Continuously Run & Debug Apps 6:30 New free Xamarin University certification level 10:25 Xamarin MVPs join Microsoft MVPs 13:50 Share more code with .NET Standard 2.0 16:45 Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks 18:00 Android Oreo support 19:15 New updates for mobile developers in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 2 21:50 iOS 11 & Xcode 9 Previews 24:10 Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre2 25:00 Pierce's Tool of the Podcast: Xamarin AppMap from Infragistics 27:20 James' Package of the Podcast: Connectivity Plugin for Xamarin 4.0 Show Links: Xamarin Live Player Preview 2: Continuously Run & Debug Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-live-player-preview-2-continuously-run-and-debug-apps/) Introducing the Xamarin Certified Mobile Professional Badge (https://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-xamarin-certified-mobile-professional-badge/) Bringing Communities Together: Xamarin MVPs Join Microsoft MVPs (https://blog.xamarin.com/bringing-communities-together-xamarin-mvps-join-microsoft-mvps/) Share more code with .NET Standard 2.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/share-code-net-standard-2-0/) Webinar: Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks (https://blog.xamarin.com/live-webinar-xamarin-university-presents-exploring-urhosharp-3d-xamarin-workbooks/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 2 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) iOS 11 & Xcode 9 Previews (https://blog.xamarin.com/explore-ios-11-previews-today/) Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre2 (https://forums.xamarin.com/categories/xamarin-forms-releases) Xamarin AppMap from Infragistics (https://www.infragistics.com/products/xamarin/productivity-pack/app-map) New Connectivity Plugin for Xamarin (https://montemagno.com/connectivity-plugin-4-0-important-and-awesome-changes/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan discuss the new Google Play Services packages, adding Facebook authentication to your mobile apps, and the latest Xamarin preview and stable releases. 4:15 Updates to the Android Support Libraries and Google Play Services 9:10 Adding native Facebook authentication to your apps 14:30 Integrating with OneDrive for Business (and other Office APIs) 17:00 Realm Goes .NET Core 20:00 Xamarin app of the week 22:10 Mobile dev for desktop developers 23:00 New stable and preview releases for Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac 32:00 Tool/Package of the Week Show Links: Fast & Simple Android Location Updates with Google Play Services (https://blog.xamarin.com/fast-simple-android-location-updates-with-google-play-services/) Native Android Facebook Authentication with Azure App Service (https://blog.xamarin.com/native-android-facebook-authentication-azure-app-service/) Adding Storage to Mobile Apps with OneDrive for Business (https://blog.xamarin.com/adding-storage-mobile-apps-onedrive-business/) Introducing .NET Core Support for Realm (https://blog.realm.io/introducing-dot-net-core-support-for-realm/) Speech Central Makes it Easier to Browse the Internet Hands-Free (https://blog.xamarin.com/speech-central-makes-easier-browse-internet-hands-free/) Webinar: Take your .NET Skills from the Desktop to Android and iOS (https://blog.xamarin.com/live-webinar-take-net-skills-desktop-android-ios/) Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/08/14/visual-studio-2017-version-15-3-released/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 1 Release Notes (https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-preview-relnotes) Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.7 Release Notes (https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/vs/xamarin.vs_4/xamarin.vs_4.7/) Visual Studio for Mac 7.2 Release Notes (https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/vs-mac/vs-mac_7.2/vs-mac_7.2/) SQLite.NET (https://www.nuget.org/packages/sqlite-net-pcl) FFImageLoading (https://github.com/luberda-molinet/FFImageLoading) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan cover the latest mobile .NET development news, including how to get started contributing to Xamarin.Forms, C# 7 tips & tricks, validating user input, Android's BottomNavigationView, and new Xamarin releases. 4:30 How to contribute to Xamarin.Forms 9:30 Validating user input in Xamarin.Forms 12:00 Android's BottomNavigationView - What is it, when should I use it, and how do I integrate it into my apps 19:05 - What's new in C# 7 24:00 - Awesome upcoming Xamarin University lectures on MVVMCross, Prism, Unity, and Roslyn 27:25 - Recent Xamarin Shows on Azure AD and Azure Functions 31:00 New Xamarin releases for version 15.4 and Xcode 9/iOS 11 35:10 Package/Tool of the Podcast Show Links: Beginner's Guide to Contributing for Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/beginners-guide-contributing-xamarin-forms/) Validation in Xamarin.Forms Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/validation-xamarin-forms-enterprise-apps/) Exploring Android's BottomNavigationView (https://blog.xamarin.com/exploring-androids-bottom-navigation-view/) Getting Started with C# 7 (https://blog.xamarin.com/getting-started-c-7/) Join Us for Upcoming Xamarin University Guest Lectures (https://blog.xamarin.com/join-us-upcoming-xamarin-university-guest-lectures/) Xamarin Show Episode 27: Azure Active Directory Authentication (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Episode-27-Azure-Active-Directory-Authentication-with-Vittorio-Bertocci) Xamarin Show Episode 28: Azure Functions for Mobile Apps (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Episode-28-Azure-Functions-for-Mobile-Apps-with-Donna-Malayeri) Alpha Release: 15.4 Alpha 1 (https://releases.xamarin.com/alpha-release-15-4-alpha-1/) Beta Release: 15.3 Preview 7 (https://releases.xamarin.com/beta-release-15-3-preview-7/) Preview: Xcode 9 Beta 4, iOS 11, macOS 10.13 Support - Preview 3 (https://releases.xamarin.com/preview-xcode-9-beta-4-ios-11-macos-10-13-support-preview-3/) Android Design Support Library (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Android.Support.Design/) Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/documentdb-sdk-dotnet) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James and Pierce discuss the Xamarin iOS 11 web preview, the latest in Visual Studio for Mac, and our experiences using Visual Studio Mobile Center. 3:50 - XAML productivity tools in Visual Studio for Mac (MFractor) 6:10 - Mastering the Android Support Libraries 9:00 - How to install Visual Studio 2017 offline - great for conferences and trainings 11:15 - Updates to Mobile Center 13:30 - Apps built with Xamarin - Urban Refuge, Guitar Center, Nintendo Switch 19:20 - New Xamarin previews, including our first iOS 11 web preview 25:00 - What's new in Visual Studio for Mac 29:25 - Package/Tool of the Podcast Show Links: MFractor (https://www.mfractor.com/) MFractor: Getting Started (https://blog.xamarin.com/introducing-mfractor-visual-studio-mac/) Mastering Android Support Libraries (https://blog.xamarin.com/mastering-android-support-libraries/) Visual Studio 2017 Offline Installation (https://blog.xamarin.com/installing-visual-studio-2017-made-easy/) Mobile Center (https://mobile.azure.com/) Case Study: Urban Refuge (https://blog.xamarin.com/urban-refuges-refugee-aid-mobile-apps-turn-research-action/) Case Study: Guitar Center (https://blog.xamarin.com/guitar-centers-five-star-xamarin-forms-apps-bring-music-masses/) Nintendo Switch App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.znca&hl=en) 15.3 Preview 4 Beta Release (https://releases.xamarin.com/beta-release-15-3-preview-4/) iOS 11 Web Preview (https://releases.xamarin.com/preview-xcode-9-beta-3-ios-11-macos-10-13-support-preview-1/) Microsoft Authentication Library (https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet) Fastlane (https://fastlane.tools/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James and Pierce fill you in on the latest Xamarin news, including how to integrate ads and in-app purchases into your mobile apps, migrating to .NET Standard, planet-scale apps with Cosmos DB, and more! 4:00 - Cool apps built with Xamarin recently 7:30 - Azure Cosmos DB 14:30 - App monetization with ads + in-app purchases in Xamarin apps 20:30 - Last Xamarin Dev Days dates + locations for this year announced 23:00 - Migrating your Xamarin.Forms apps to .NET Standard 29:15 - New updates to Plugins for Xamarin 32:40 - Try out the latest Xamarin previews for Visual Studio and Xamarin.Forms 36:50 - Tool/Package of the Podcast Show Links: Case Study: Aggreko (https://blog.xamarin.com/aggreko-provides-power-temperature-control-apps-global-audience-xamarin-azure/) Case Study: Minnesota Twins (https://blog.xamarin.com/minnesota-twins-hits-home-run-cloud-powered-scouting-apps/) Going Global with Xamarin and Azure Cosmos DB (https://blog.xamarin.com/going-global-xamarin-azure-cosmos-db/) Azure Cosmos DB (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cosmos-db/) Join us at a Xamarin Dev Days near you (https://www.xamarin.com/dev-days) Building Xamarin.Forms Apps with .NET Standard (https://blog.xamarin.com/building-xamarin-forms-apps-net-standard/) The Xamarin Show: Upgrading Xamarin.Forms to .NET Standard (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Snack-Pack-15-Upgrading-to-XamarinForms-to-NET-Standard) Visual Studio 15.3 Preview 3 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5-pre6 (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/93181/pre-release-xamarin-forms-2-3-5-256-pre6/p1) Media Manager Plugin (https://blog.xamarin.com/play-audio-and-video-with-the-mediamanager-plugin-for-xamarin/) Version Tracking Plugin (https://github.com/colbylwilliams/VersionTrackingPlugin) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce is joined by James Montemagno, Principal Program Manager for Mobile Developer Tools at Microsoft, to recap the latest news for Xamarin developers, including our thoughts on WWDC 2017, new features in Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac, why Xamarin.Forms Embedding matters, and more. 6:00 - WWDC 2017 and iOS 11 11:30 - Easy app provisioning with the Fastlane tools 14:55 - How to boost your app startup time 17:30 - New libraries for Azure identity + Microsoft Graph, including Azure AD and Azure AD B2C 21:10 - Xamarin.Forms Embedding: What is it and why does it matter? 25:10 - What's in Visual Studio 15.2.3 stable and 15.3 previews for Xamarin developers 29:45 - Package/Tool/Library of the Week Show Links WWDC 2017 Recap for iOS Developers (https://blog.xamarin.com/wwdc-2017-recap-for-ios-developers/) Merge Conflict Special Edition: WWDC Recap (http://www.mergeconflict.fm/special-edition-wwdc-2017-recap) Easy iOS App Provisioning with Fastlane and Visual Studio for Mac (https://blog.xamarin.com/easy-ios-app-provisioning-fastlane-visual-studio-mac/) 5 Ways to Boost Xamarin.Forms App Startup Time (https://blog.xamarin.com/5-ways-boost-xamarin-forms-app-startup-time/) Enterprise Apps Made Easy with New Libraries for Authentication and the Microsoft Graph (https://blog.xamarin.com/enterprise-apps-made-easy-updated-libraries-apis/) Unleashed: Embedding Xamarin.Forms in Xamarin Native (https://blog.xamarin.com/unleashed-embedding-xamarin-forms-in-xamarin-native/) Why Xamarin.Forms Embedding Matters (http://motzcod.es/post/162052911902/why-xamarinforms-embedding-matters) LottieFiles: Prebuilt high quality animations (https://www.lottiefiles.com/) .NET Templating Engine (https://github.com/dotnet/templating) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

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 (http://xamarinpodcast.com/) website Channel 9: Designing Mobile Apps (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4048) Channel 9: What's new in Xamarin.Forms (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8099) Xamarin.Forms 3.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/glimpse-future-xamarin-forms-3-0/) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (http://github.com/pierceboggan) David Ortinau: Twitter (https://twitter.com/davidortinau), GitHub (https://github.com/davidortinau) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast) Special Guest: David Ortinau.

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno is joined by Jon Dick of the Xamarin components team to discuss the Android Support Libraries and Google Play Services. Don't miss this super informative episode overviewing what these important libraries are, why they are necessary, what's new, and how to use them in your apps today. 7:00 - What are the Android Support Libraries? 8:30 - Is it possible to build your app without the Android Support Libraries? 11:45 - What does each Android Support Library do? 15:00 - Versioning for Android Support Libraries, especially in relation to Xamarin.Forms 16:45 - Should you always be using the latest version of the Android Support Libraries? 25:00 - New things in the Android Support Libraries 33:00 - Overview of Google Play Services 44:00 - Tool/Package/Extension of the Week James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Jon: Twitter (https://twitter.com/redth), GitHub (https://github.com/redth) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast) Special Guest: Jon Dick.

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by James Montemagno to discuss what is new for Xamarin developers, including new features in the latest Visual Studio for Mac preview, Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4/2.3.5-pre, and updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center. Show Notes: 5:00 - What's new in Visual Studio for Mac (C# 7, web editors, Azure publishing, .NET Core enhancements) 10:30 - Xamarin documentation is now multilingual (with Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese localizations) 12:00 - Updates to Xamarin University, including monthly pricing 14:00 - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 14:55 - Device.OS & TargetPlatform changes in Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 19:15 - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5 prerelease 22:15 - Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms 25:15 - TLS 1.2 overview 28:15 - Updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center 32:00 - Developer Tool of the Week Links & Show Notes: The Xamarin Podcast (http://xamarinpodcast.com/) website Visual Studio for Mac to the Cloud & Beyond (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/04/12/visual-studio-for-mac-to-the-cloud-and-beyond/) Xamarin Documentation Goes Multilingual (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-documentation-goes-multilingual/) Monthly Pricing for Xamarin University (https://blog.xamarin.com/new-monthly-pricing-for-xamarin-university-2/) Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 (https://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-xamarin-forms-stable-release-2-3-4/) Podcast: Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 & Beyond (https://blog.xamarin.com/podcast-xamarin-forms-2-3-4-beyond/) Xamarin.Forms: Device.OS changes (http://motzcod.es/post/159463651162/device-os-xamarin-forms-obsolete-runtime-os) Xamarin.Forms: OnPlatform changes (http://motzcod.es/post/159684940967/important-onplatform-changes-xamarin-forms) Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5 (https://blog.xamarin.com/make-xamarin-forms-apps-even-better-faster/) Preview: Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/preview-bringing-macos-to-xamarin-forms/) Xamarin.Forms Performance Thread (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/93178/lets-talk-performance) Securing Web Requests with TLS 1.2 (https://blog.xamarin.com/securing-web-requests-with-tls-1-2/) Visual Studio Extension: Snippet Designer (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-2795.SnippetDesigner) Android Keystore Signature Tool (https://blog.xamarin.com/simplified-android-keystore-signature-disovery/) Amazing James Montemagno Gif (https://i.gyazo.com/07171d7bb9ca0317dadff7f4bff7514d.gif) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno) James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by David Ortinau, PM at Microsoft for Xamarin.Forms, to discuss the release of Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 and what's on the roadmap for Xamarin.Forms moving forward. Show Notes: 01:30 - Introducing the new PM for Xamarin.Forms, David Ortinau 02:30 - What does a typical day look like for David as a PM? 04:30 - Release of Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 to stable 05:50 - Performance & quality improvements 12:00 - Enhancements to XAMLC 13:50 - New bindable picker control 16:00 - Evolution forum for evolving the future of Xamarin.Forms 17:00 - OnIdiom support for desktop 22:25 - New "nightly" master builds for Xamarin.Forms and other fun ways of trying preview features 27:55 - What are fast renderers? How can they improve the performance of Xamarin.Forms apps? Links & Show Notes: The Xamarin Podcast (http://xamarinpodcast.com/) website Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 Overview (https://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-xamarin-forms-stable-release-2-3-4/), Release Notes (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/92455/xamarin-forms-2-3-4-224) Feature Roadmap for Xamarin.Forms (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/85747/xamarin-forms-feature-roadmap/p1) Evolution Forum (https://forums.xamarin.com/categories/xamarin-forms-evolution) Nightly Builds (https://blog.xamarin.com/try-the-latest-in-xamarin-forms-with-nightly-builds/) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (http://github.com/pierceboggan) David Ortinau: Twitter (https://twitter.com/davidortinau), GitHub (https://github.com/davidortinau) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast) Special Guest: David Ortinau.

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by Matthew Robbins to discuss his XAML productivity tool MFractor, building addins for Xamarin Studio, code generation with Roslyn, and his journey from idea to product. Show Notes: 01:20 - What is MFractor (https://www.mfractor.com/)? 04:45 - How Matthew drives feature development for MFractor 07:00 - Journey from idea to product 09:30 - Building add-ins for Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio for Mac 13:45 - Cool tricks anyone can do with Roslyn 22:00 - The moment Matthew realized this could be a product 23:00 - Roslyn code generation tricks and tips 26:50 - The future of MFractor Links & Show Notes: The Xamarin Podcast (http://xamarinpodcast.com/) website MFractor (https://www.mfractor.com/) MFractor Documentation (http://docs.mfractor.com/) Building Add-ins for Xamarin Studio (https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-studio/customizing-ide/extending_xamarin_studio_with_addins/) Matthew's Guide on Building Add-Ins for Xamarin Studio (https://github.com/matthewrdev/building-addins-for-xamarin-studio) Xamarin University Lecture on Addins (https://university.xamarin.com/guestlectures/building-xamarin-studio-addins) Roslyn Quoter (https://roslynquoter.azurewebsites.net/) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (http://github.com/pierceboggan) Matthew Robbins: Twitter (https://twitter.com/mfractor), GitHub (https://github.com/matthewrdev) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast) Special Guest: Matthew Robbins.

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan announce some exciting changes surrounding the Xamarin Podcast and cover what's new in Xamarin, including the stable release of Cycle 9, the upcoming Visual Studio 2017 launch, and more. Show Notes: 0:00:30 - Exciting changes coming to the Xamarin Podcast 0:04:45 - Visual Studio 2017 launch 0:06:30 - The new Visual Studio 2017 workload-based installer 0:11:00 - The Xamarin release process 0:18:30 - New "bootstrapped" cross-platform templates 0:22:20 - New item templates for Xamarin.Forms 0:25:00 - Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense, Info.plist Editor, and various other Visual Studio enhancements 0:27:15 - Updates to Xamarin Studio, including .NET Standard support, multiprocess debugging, and more 0:33:30 - Running Visual Studio for Mac and Xamarin Studio side-by-side Links & Show Notes: The Xamarin Podcast (http://xamarinpodcast.com/) website Cycle 9 Release Notes (https://releases.xamarin.com/stable-release-cycle-9/) Visual Studio 2017 RC (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-2017-rc/) Visual Studio for Mac Preview (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno) James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast)

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, we are joined by Xamarin MVP David Ortinau to talk about mobile app design, including the strategies and tools David uses to design and ship mobile apps to his clients. Follow us on Twitter: @pierceboggan @MikeCodesDotNet @davidortinau Special Guests: David Ortinau and Mike James.

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, Mike James and I cover the latest-and-greatest in Xamarin.Forms to help make it easy to add native controls and functionality to your mobile apps with native view declaration and platform-specifics Special Guest: Mike James.

In this edition of the Xamarin Podcast, Mike James and I discuss announcements from the Apple Special Event on September 7th, 2016, including iOS 10, iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2, and more! Be sure to listen for a full rundown on all the announcements from last week, as well as how you can take advantage of all the new iOS 10 APIs in your Xamarin apps. Special Guest: Mike James.

In this edition of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce (@pierceboggan) and Mike (@mikecodesdotnet) discuss identity in mobile apps. We start by asking: does my mobile app even need identity? If it does, we cover the different options available to developers, from local to social to enterprise authentication. Special Guest: Mike James.

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and Mike James talk about the tools and processes they use to create and design beautiful apps. Have show feedback? Let us know on Twitter @pierceboggan and @mikecodesdotnet. Special Guest: Mike James.

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and I share our experiences in building connected apps with Azure Mobile Apps. We’ll walk you through the different options you have for mobile backends in Azure, and take a look at other technologies, such as Microsoft Cognitive Services, Azure Functions, and Azure Search, that you can add to bring your mobile backend to the next level. Special Guest: Mike James.

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and I cover everything you need to know as a mobile developer from Apple’s WWDC 2016, including new additions and upgrades to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Special Guest: Mike James.

In this edition of the Xamarin Podcast, Mike James (@MikeCodesDotNet) and Pierce (@pierceboggan) break down the latest major stable release of Xamarin - Cycle 7 - which includes the brand-new Xamarin Studio 6, Visual Studio 4.1, and updates to Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Mono. Special Guest: Mike James.

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno has the honor of taking with special guest Joseph Hill, co-founder of Xamarin and VP of Developer Relations. James sat down with Joseph to discuss not only the past, present, and future of Xamarin Evolve, but a full run down on his thoughts of the Microsoft acquisition. Special Guest: Joseph Hill.