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

It's the season of release candidates (take 2)

Microsoft — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Show Notes

With .NET 7 around the corner, we're putting the finishing touches on everything in preparation - tune in to find out more! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news!

New releases

Latest News

Azure News

All the goodness for .NET 7 in Azure Functions and App Service

Azure Service of the Month

Azure App Configuration

James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github

Episode 53: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6, AR with UrhoSharp, and ML with CoreML

Microsoft — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 07:00:00 -0700

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:

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

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Episode 52: Rapid UI Prototyping with Ink to Code, Merged Dictionaries in Xamarin.Forms, Android Emulator Tips, and more!

Microsoft — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:00:00 -0800

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:

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

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Episode 51: Android 8.1, Xamarin Device Manager, and Visual Studio versions 15.5 & 15.6

Microsoft — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:00:00 -0800

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:

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

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Episode 49: Connect(); 2017 Xamarin and App Center Recap

Microsoft — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 09:30:00 -0800

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!

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

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Special Guest: James White.

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Episode 47: Android Oreo Support, Xamarin Live Player Preview 2, New iOS 11 Previews, and more!

Microsoft — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 07:00:00 -0700

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:

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

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Episode 46: Latest Preview and Stable Xamarin Releases, Social Authentication, Realm, and more!

Microsoft — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:00:00 -0700

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:

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

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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 43: App Monetization, .NET Standard, Azure Cosmos DB, and more!

Microsoft — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James and Pierce fill you in on the latest Xamarin news, including how to integrate ads and in-app purchases into your mobile apps, migrating to .NET Standard, planet-scale apps with Cosmos DB, and more!

4:00 - Cool apps built with Xamarin recently
7:30 - Azure Cosmos DB
14:30 - App monetization with ads + in-app purchases in Xamarin apps
20:30 - Last Xamarin Dev Days dates + locations for this year announced
23:00 - Migrating your Xamarin.Forms apps to .NET Standard
29:15 - New updates to Plugins for Xamarin
32:40 - Try out the latest Xamarin previews for Visual Studio and Xamarin.Forms
36:50 - Tool/Package of the Podcast

Show Links:

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

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Episode 42: WWDC 2017, Fastlane, Xamarin.Forms Embedding, and more!

Microsoft — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce is joined by James Montemagno, Principal Program Manager for Mobile Developer Tools at Microsoft, to recap the latest news for Xamarin developers, including our thoughts on WWDC 2017, new features in Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac, why Xamarin.Forms Embedding matters, and more.

6:00 - WWDC 2017 and iOS 11
11:30 - Easy app provisioning with the Fastlane tools
14:55 - How to boost your app startup time
17:30 - New libraries for Azure identity + Microsoft Graph, including Azure AD and Azure AD B2C
21:10 - Xamarin.Forms Embedding: What is it and why does it matter?
25:10 - What's in Visual Studio 15.2.3 stable and 15.3 previews for Xamarin developers
29:45 - Package/Tool/Library of the Week

Show Links

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

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Episode 41: Previewing Xamarin.Forms 3.0

Microsoft — Thu, 25 May 2017 21:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and David walk you through the early preview of Xamarin.Forms 3.0, announced at Microsoft Build 2017. Learn about new ways you can use Xamarin.Forms in your apps, speed and performance enhancements, and what new platforms are coming to Xamarin.Forms.

Show Notes:

0:30 - Microsoft Build
4:00 - Xamarin.Forms 3
5:50 - Standardization of custom renderers
6:15 - Xamarin.Forms Embedding
11:45 - Fast renderers and layout compression for increased performance
16:00 - Performance benchmarking in Xamarin.Forms
18:15 - One-time binding mode
20:00 - New FlexLayout system
21:30 - New "backends" for Xamarin.Forms - macOS, GTK#, and WPF
27:00 - Community-driven development
29:45 - XAML Standard 1.0

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Special Guest: David Ortinau.

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 39: Building Up to Build

Microsoft — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by James Montemagno to discuss what is new for Xamarin developers, including new features in the latest Visual Studio for Mac preview, Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4/2.3.5-pre, and updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center.

Show Notes:

5:00 - What's new in Visual Studio for Mac (C# 7, web editors, Azure publishing, .NET Core enhancements)

10:30 - Xamarin documentation is now multilingual (with Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese localizations)

12:00 - Updates to Xamarin University, including monthly pricing

14:00 - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4

14:55 - Device.OS & TargetPlatform changes in Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4

19:15 - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5 prerelease

22:15 - Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms

25:15 - TLS 1.2 overview

28:15 - Updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center

32:00 - Developer Tool of the Week

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Episode 38: Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 & Beyond

Microsoft — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 21:00:00 -0700

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.

Show Notes:

01:30 - Introducing the new PM for Xamarin.Forms, David Ortinau

02:30 - What does a typical day look like for David as a PM?

04:30 - Release of Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 to stable

05:50 - Performance & quality improvements

12:00 - Enhancements to XAMLC

13:50 - New bindable picker control

16:00 - Evolution forum for evolving the future of Xamarin.Forms

17:00 - OnIdiom support for desktop

22:25 - New "nightly" master builds for Xamarin.Forms and other fun ways of trying preview features

27:55 - What are fast renderers? How can they improve the performance of Xamarin.Forms apps?

Links & Show Notes:

The Xamarin Podcast website
Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 Overview, Release Notes
Feature Roadmap for Xamarin.Forms
Evolution Forum
Nightly Builds
Pierce: Twitter, GitHub
David Ortinau: Twitter, GitHub

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Special Guest: David Ortinau.

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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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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