The .NET MAUI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Visual Studio”

Episode 54: Build 2018 Recap

Microsoft — Fri, 11 May 2018 11:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno discuss news from Build 2018 for mobile developers, including Xamarin.Forms 3.0, Hyper-V support for the Android emulator, Xamarin Essentials, and updates to Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac.

6:20 What's new in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7
6:30 New XAML IntelliSense engine
9:55 Automatic iOS provisioning
13:00 Eager deployment for Android app development
14:15 Android SDK management
16:00 New Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android project templates
17:10 Hyper-V support for the Android emulator
24:30 Xamarin.Essentials
33:30 Xamarin.Forms 3.0

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

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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 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 48: Android Oreo, iOS 11, and Xamarin.Forms Tips & Tricks

Microsoft — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:15:00 -0700

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan cover Xamarin support for Android Oreo and iOS 11, share tips for beating the learning curve with Xamarin.Forms, talk upcoming releases in the pipeline, and more!

6:00 Building Xamarin apps for Android Oreo & iOS 11
12:15 Xamarin.Forms: Tips for Beating the Learning Curve
14:40 Installing Visual Studio 2017 previews side-by-side with stable (and sandboxing!)
18:25 Protecting your Xamarin apps with Dotfuscator
20:00 dotNetConf Announcements & Sessions
24:45 New stable release for Xamarin developers
26:00 Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-prerelease
28:00 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 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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Overcast 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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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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