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

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• James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
• Pierce: Twitter, GitHub

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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
• MFractor: Getting Started
• Mastering Android Support Libraries
• Visual Studio 2017 Offline Installation
• Mobile Center
• Case Study: Urban Refuge
• Case Study: Guitar Center
• Nintendo Switch App
• 15.3 Preview 4 Beta Release
• iOS 11 Web Preview
• Microsoft Authentication Library
• Fastlane

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• James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
• Pierce: Twitter, GitHub

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Show Notes:

01:20 - What is MFractor?

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 website
• MFractor
• MFractor Documentation
• Building Add-ins for Xamarin Studio
• Matthew's Guide on Building Add-Ins for Xamarin Studio
• Xamarin University Lecture on Addins
• Roslyn Quoter
• Pierce: Twitter, GitHub
• Matthew Robbins: Twitter, GitHub

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Special Guest: Matthew Robbins.

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 website
• Cycle 9 Release Notes
• Visual Studio 2017 RC
• Visual Studio for Mac Preview
• Pierce: Twitter, GitHub
• James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast

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