Build 2017 Recap for Xamarin Developers

Slides from the Nashville Mobile .NET Developers meetup on August 15, 2017.

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3. Visual Studio for Mac General Availability! iOS, Android, & macOS .NET development .NET Core & ASP.NET Core Tools for Azure Unity Game Development Azure Functions IoT Docker
4. Visual Studio for Mac The IDE loved by millions, now on the Mac Productivity for teams across PC and Mac Build apps, games, and services for mobile, web, and cloud An IDE natively designed for the Mac
6. iOS tvOS – Apple TV watchOS – Apple Watch Android Android Wear/TV macOS
7. .NET Core ASP .NET Core Web sites Web APIs and backends .NET Core apps and services WebTools (HTML, CSS, Json) Azure Publish
8. One click setup Requires Unity 5.6.1 Productivity features Unity Solution Explorer Unity messages IntelliSense Code coloring for Unity Shaders Debugging
11. Installation • Faster installer • Better defaults • Less space on disk First Run • Player apps • Better templates • Mobile + Cloud • Fastlane Improve Build/Debug Cycles • Live coding • Edit, save, view • Faster build and deploy times
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25. macOS Preview Enhanced GestureRecognizers Android Support Libraries PlatformSpecifics Fast Scroll NavigationPage Translucency Blur Behind Partial Collapse MasterPage Native Control Binding Map Extensibility Fast Renderers Preview Startup Time ListView Scrolling Memory Improvements XAMLC Bindable Picker Frame Corners Tizen Forms Previewer FlexLayout Preview Xamarin.Forms Embedding DataPages
26. Source: Matthew Robbins - MFractor
30. Xamarin.Forms Shared C# Logic Windows C# Android C# iOS C# iOS Obj-C Swift Android Java ?
32. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml x:Class="FormsFlexLayoutDemo.FlexDemoPage"> <FlexLayout x:Name="flexbox”> <Label Text="Flex Element 1" /> <Label Text="Flex Element 2" /> <Label Text="Flex Element 3" /> <Label Text="Flex Element 4" /> <Label Text="Flex Element 5" /> </FlexLayout> </ContentPage> Flex Element 1 Flex Element 2 Flex Element 3 Flex Element 4 Flex Element 5
33. AlignContent AlignItems Position Overflow Wrap Order AlignSelf Flex JustifyContent IsIncluded Grow Shrink FlexLayout Properties
38. https://aka.ms/xamarin-build2017 https://blog.xamarin.com/glimpse- future-xamarin-forms-3-0/ https://blog.xamarin.com/live- player/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/08/14/ann ouncing-net-core-2-0/
39. @nashxam Join Us Next Month Tuesday September 19th Thank You! Chris Riesgo @chrisriesgo