The Xamarin Podcast

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=xamar

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-collectionv

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

It's July and we're in Houston for the Xamarin Developer Summit!! And it's

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/introduct

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 Co

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=

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/) Debu

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=mobi

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-

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) Ta

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.c

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 (h

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-urhos

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-androi

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/installatio

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-

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 (ht

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 Xamar