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