The Xamarin Podcast show

The Xamarin Podcast

Summary: Keep up with the latest in mobile and cloud development with the official Xamarin podcast. Join your hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno as they discuss the latest and greatest in native cross-platform mobile and cloud development in Xamarin, Visual Studio, C#, F#, .NET, App Center, and Azure.

Podcasts:

 Episode 59: POP! New docs, blogs, customer showcases, and Twitch streams! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 36:35

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! One stop shop for all the Microsoft development blogs Xamarin app customer showcase - get inspired! XamU getting Twitch-y The Twitch Live Coders team Catch James on Twitch Updatng the Hanselman.Forms app Debug those ASP.NET Web APIs on Android Emulators Primo PDFs with SyncFusion Pop! Pop! UI Testing with the Page Object Pattern Become a speaker at Microsoft //Build Get your //Build tickets! Explore the new App Center features. Raise and comment on the issues for the features too! Azure App Configurations - one config to rule them all Xamarin.Forms 3.5 release notes 5 Things You'll Love About Xamarin.Forms 3.5 Xamarin.Forms Essentials 1.1.0 Visual Studio 2019 RC notes Visual Studio for Mac Preview 3 MSAL 3.0 Preview Forms 9-patch all the things - the forum post Forms 9-patch all the things - the website Forms 9-patch all the things - the guide Selected / Unselected Xamarin.Forms tab colors Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub

 Episode 58: Releases and Previews and Roadmaps! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 30:14

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 What's in VS 2019 For You! Intellisense and Intellicode Improvements Intellicode Using ML? No Way! R8 and D8 - The Dexer and Shrinker Add Some C++ To Your Xamarin App! Cosmos DB - SQL API - Xamarin Tutorial In the Docs Cosmos DB - MongoDB API - Xamarin Tutorial In the Docs Azure KeyVault Azure KeyVault App Service References Xamarin.Essentials Visual Studio 15.9.6 Release Notes Visual Studio for Mac 7.7.3 Release Notes Pick of the Pod!!! VS Code Azure Extensions Skia Sharp Fiddle Follow Us James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub

 Episode 57: New Year - New Pod! Office Hours, Hockey App Moves, XamU Retires, and Essentials Becomes a Video Star! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 46:29

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! Sign up for office hours with Matt Read about December 2018 office hour recap Hockey App's future in App Center The Hockey App cutover experience Microsoft Learn - find out and sign up! Xamarin University retirement FAQ Mark Smith - head of XamU - explaining what the retirements means for you The Xamarin (Essentials) Show Essential API of the Week - Connectivity In-depth blog on the Collection View Xamarin.Forms 4.0 preview blog James' Twitch stream on Forms 4.0 Merge Conflict episode on Forms 4.0 Azure Cosmos DB - .NET 3.0 SDK Get at that ClaimsPrincipal in Azure Functions! Unity support in App Center? You bet! Walk through the front door with Azure Front Door CrossGeeks Rating Slider Rating Slide blog Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub

 Episode 56: Let's Reboot This | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 45:57

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! Twitch Workshop: Build Your First Mobile App with C#, Xamarin, and the Cloud Android build performance and reliability! Tabbing and Keyboard Navigation in Xamarin.Forms Image Button Span Class Decorate that Xamarin.Forms Label! Xamarin.Forms Editor GlideX Learn more about Azure DevOps MSAL 2.0 - Authenticate all the things - now better! New Azure Cosmos DB shared database offer 2018 Connect Announcements for Xamarin Xamarin.Forms Shell Xamarin.Forms Visual Forget about the ListView and use the CollectionView! James' Twitch - Implementing an iOS Checkbox for Xamarin.Forms Xamarin.Essentials - it's in GA! and check out the code! Super early preview release notes for Xamarin.Forms 4.0-pre! and while you're at it - give it a spin in your apps! Get the Visual Studio 2019 Preview! The machines are coming for our intellisense! VS Intellicode Zeplin - speed up your design process Azure CLI Microsoft Ignite | The Tour Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub

 Episode 55: What's New in Visual Studio 2017, Xamarin.Forms, and the Android designer | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 35:41

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 Build 2018 Conference Vision Demo App Use MongoDB with Your Xamarin Apps What's New in the Android Designer Xamarin Essentials Securing & Versioning Apps with Mobile Build Tools Using MSBuild to Define Advanced Android VersionCode Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 New XAML IntelliSense in 15.7 New Project Templates in 15.7 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Xamarin.Forms 3.0 Visual State Manager FlexLayout CSS Xamarin.Forms 3.1 Prism Template Pack Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 54: Build 2018 Recap | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 44:12

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 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 New Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense Automatic Provisioning in Visual Studio 2017 Eager Deployment New Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android Project Templates Hyper-V support for the Android emulator Xamarin Essentials Documentation Xamarin.Forms 3.0 Visual State Manager FlexLayout CSS Right-to-left Localization Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 53: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6, AR with UrhoSharp, and ML with CoreML | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 43:37

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 The New Feature-Packed UrhoSharp 1.8 New Xamarin University Course: Navigation Patterns Add Tizen Projects to Your Xamarin.Forms Apps Create and host tvOS TVML Apps with Azure & Xamarin Extend Xamarin.Forms Control Functionality with Behaviors Add a Search Bar to Your Xamarin Apps in iOS 11 Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 52: Rapid UI Prototyping with Ink to Code, Merged Dictionaries in Xamarin.Forms, Android Emulator Tips, and more! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 32:33

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 Wireless Deploy to iPhone (Windows & Mac) Preview: Xamarin Android Device Manager Android Emulator Quick Boot Just Push Play: Using Google Play on an Android Emulator Better Resource Organization with Xamarin.Forms F100 Running Xamarin.iOS Unit Tests in VSTS Building Xamarin.Android apps in VSTS Hosted Agents Building Xamarin.iOS apps in VSTS Hosted Agents QuickType.io Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 51: Android 8.1, Xamarin Device Manager, and Visual Studio versions 15.5 & 15.6 | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 38:26

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 Xamarin Device Manager Preview Updates to the Xamarin.iOS designer Automatic iOS app provisioning with fastlane CoreML Programming with Xamarin.Mac & F# Top 12 Blogs of 2017 The Xamarin Show: Getting Started with MVVM Introducing the SmartHotel360 Reference Apps Webinar: Visual Studio App Center See what's new in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 Preview VSTS Mobile Build Tasks Extension Xamarin.Forms Video Player Media Manager Plugin for Xamarin Media Plugin for Xamarin & Windows Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music [Overcast](https://overcast.fm/itun

 Episode 50: Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0, Live Player, and What's New in Visual Studio | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 39:12

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 Streamlined Testflight Registration with Fastlane Simplified App Signing with Secure Files in VSTS Microsoft Connect(); Sessions for Xamarin Developers Three Big Things to Explore in Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0 Making iOS 11 Even Easier with Xamarin.Forms Sunsetting the Component Store Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview Release Notes Visual Studio for Mac version 15.5 Preview Release Notes Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017 AppCenter.ms Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 49: Connect(); 2017 Xamarin and App Center Recap | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 35:11

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, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast Special Guest: James White.Links: App Center Connect(); 2017 Videos Xamarin Announcements from Microsoft Connect(); 2017 Visual Studio Live Share

 Episode 48: Android Oreo, iOS 11, and Xamarin.Forms Tips & Tricks | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 40:18

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 Get Your Apps Ready for iOS 11 Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve Installing Visual Studio Previews Protecting Apps with Dotfuscator dotNetConf dotNetConf: What's New in Xamarin Stable Release: 15.3.5 with Xcode 9 and iOS 11 Support Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre [Waffle.io](waffle.io) Quicktype: Json to C# Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 47: Android Oreo Support, Xamarin Live Player Preview 2, New iOS 11 Previews, and more! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 32:02

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 Introducing the Xamarin Certified Mobile Professional Badge Bringing Communities Together: Xamarin MVPs Join Microsoft MVPs Share more code with .NET Standard 2.0 Webinar: Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 2 iOS 11 & Xcode 9 Previews Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre2 Xamarin AppMap from Infragistics New Connectivity Plugin for Xamarin Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 46: Latest Preview and Stable Xamarin Releases, Social Authentication, Realm, and more! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 37:46

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 Native Android Facebook Authentication with Azure App Service Adding Storage to Mobile Apps with OneDrive for Business Introducing .NET Core Support for Realm Speech Central Makes it Easier to Browse the Internet Hands-Free Webinar: Take your .NET Skills from the Desktop to Android and iOS Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 1 Release Notes Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.7 Release Notes Visual Studio for Mac 7.2 Release Notes SQLite.NET FFImageLoading Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

 Episode 45: Contributing to Xamarin.Forms, C# 7, Input Validation, Android's BottomNavigationView, and more! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:29

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 Validation in Xamarin.Forms Apps Exploring Android's BottomNavigationView Getting Started with C# 7 Join Us for Upcoming Xamarin University Guest Lectures Xamarin Show Episode 27: Azure Active Directory Authentication Xamarin Show Episode 28: Azure Functions for Mobile Apps Alpha Release: 15.4 Alpha 1 Beta Release: 15.3 Preview 7 Preview: Xcode 9 Beta 4, iOS 11, macOS 10.13 Support - Preview 3 Android Design Support Library Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast

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