The .NET MAUI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Google”

Episode 45: Contributing to Xamarin.Forms, C# 7, Input Validation, Android's BottomNavigationView, and more!

Microsoft — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0700

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:

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

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Episode 44: Building Apps with iOS 11, Visual Studio for Mac, and Mobile Center

Microsoft — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 06:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James and Pierce discuss the Xamarin iOS 11 web preview, the latest in Visual Studio for Mac, and our experiences using Visual Studio Mobile Center.

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:

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

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Episode 40: Exploring the Android Support Libraries & Google Play Services

Microsoft — Thu, 04 May 2017 10:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno is joined by Jon Dick of the Xamarin components team to discuss the Android Support Libraries and Google Play Services. Don't miss this super informative episode overviewing what these important libraries are, why they are necessary, what's new, and how to use them in your apps today.

7:00 - What are the Android Support Libraries?
8:30 - Is it possible to build your app without the Android Support Libraries?
11:45 - What does each Android Support Library do?
15:00 - Versioning for Android Support Libraries, especially in relation to Xamarin.Forms
16:45 - Should you always be using the latest version of the Android Support Libraries?
25:00 - New things in the Android Support Libraries
33:00 - Overview of Google Play Services
44:00 - Tool/Package/Extension of the Week

James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
Jon: Twitter, GitHub

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Special Guest: Jon Dick.

Links:

Improvements coming to Xamarin Google Play Services – Redth
Your App Needs More Google Play Services • Xamarin Evolve 2016 — Jonathan Dick is developer who hails from The Great White North and has been slinging C# for mobile since it was born.
Implementing Push Notifications in Your Android Apps | Xamarin Blog
Picking your compileSdkVersion, minSdkVersion, targetSdkVersion
Snack Pack 11: Understanding Android API Level Settings | The Xamarin Show
Pick of Show: EditorConfigLanguage: A Visual Studio extension
Pick of Show: NGraphics is a cross platform library for rendering vector graphics
Coffeehouse Blunders

Episode 37: Enhanced XAML Productivity with MFractor

Microsoft — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by Matthew Robbins to discuss his XAML productivity tool MFractor, building addins for Xamarin Studio, code generation with Roslyn, and his journey from idea to product.

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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Overcast Special Guest: Matthew Robbins.

Episode 36: What's New in Xamarin - Cycle 9, Visual Studio 2017, and more!

Microsoft — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 21:00:00 -0800

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.

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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