Summary: <p>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.</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>0:00:30 - Exciting changes coming to the Xamarin Podcast</p> <p>0:04:45 - Visual Studio 2017 launch</p> <p>0:06:30 - The new Visual Studio 2017 workload-based installer</p> <p>0:11:00 - The Xamarin release process</p> <p>0:18:30 - New "bootstrapped" cross-platform templates</p> <p>0:22:20 - New item templates for Xamarin.Forms</p> <p>0:25:00 - Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense, Info.plist Editor, and various other Visual Studio enhancements</p> <p>0:27:15 - Updates to Xamarin Studio, including .NET Standard support, multiprocess debugging, and more</p> <p>0:33:30 - Running Visual Studio for Mac and Xamarin Studio side-by-side</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://releases.xamarin.com/stable-release-cycle-9/" rel="nofollow">Cycle 9 Release Notes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-2017-rc/" rel="nofollow">Visual Studio 2017 RC</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/" rel="nofollow">Visual Studio for Mac Preview</a></li> <li>Pierce: <a href="https://twitter.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a> </li> <li>James: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://motzcod.es/" rel="nofollow">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow">Merge Conflict Podcast</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>
