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nashxam.github.io XAMARIN.FORMS 2.5.0 LAYOUT COMPRESSION Optimizes the speed of UI rendering and memory consumption by enabling developers to identify which layouts may be flattened and removed from the visual tree without changing the resulting layout. Enable Compression Enable Fast Renderers FAST RENDERERS (Android only) Flattens the native control hierarchy of Xamarin.Forms controls. (Android only) 

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nashxam.github.io XAMARIN.FORMS 2.5.0 COMPRESSION (ONLY) COMPRESSION + FAST RENDERERS 111 70 NO COMPRESSION 130 LAYOUT COMPRESSION + FAST RENDERERS On the previous slide, the number of renderers in the layout was cut nearly in half by using Layout Compression and enabling Fast Renderers. Will vary depending on the complexity of your view. HOW MUCH FASTER? * Number of Renderers needed 

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nashxam.github.io A Xamarin.Android app that uses the native NFC stack to communicate with a smart door. DIGITAL DOOR NFC APP Beautiful, native cross-platform mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows built entirely with Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0. • XAML UI • Behaviors • Converters • Custom Controls • Custom Renderers • Effects • Xamarin Live Player Support • MORE CONSUMER APP A maintenance iOS app that uses Native Forms to embed XAML into a native app. EMPLOYEE MAINTENANCE APP SmartHotel360 Reference Apps 

nashxam.github.io New standard APIs that align with XAML APIs in UWP and WPF. XAMARIN.FORMS + XAML STANDARD (PREVIEW) A.K.A. – Embeddinator 4000. Integrate .NET libraries and UI written in C# into existing Obj-c, Swift, and Java apps. .NET EMBEDDING (PREVIEW) Open sourced under Microsoft’s GitHub account under the MIT license as Microsoft Workbooks. OPEN SOURCED XAMARIN WORKBOOKS New features and Visual Studio tooling to take advantage of Oreo 8 without platform-native tools. ANDROID OREO 8.0 Recommending all libraries be hosted on NuGet. The Xamarin Component store will be sunset. A NEW HOME FOR XAMARIN COMPONENTS New features such as SiriKit and CoreML - plus the iPhone X form factor. IOS 11 More… 

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