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.NET is a developer platform made up of tools, programming languages, and libraries for building many different types of applications. Xamarin extends the .NET developer platform with tools and libraries specifically for building apps for Android, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and Windows.

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Getting Started

What is Xamarin? | Xamarin 101 [1 of 11]

9/23/2019, Video, 0:02:47

Xamarin is Microsoft's framework for creating mobile apps. In this video get an overview of all the various pieces of Xamarin and how they enable you to create cross platform...
Intro to Xamarin Forms

9/12/2017, Video, 0:55:25

The first session will get users started with Xamarin, build a Xamarin.Forms UI, and show it in the Previewer. This will be the client app used throughout the sessions.

Xamarin Videos

Live Stream Summary Week of Monday June 15

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Live Stream Summary Week of Monday June 15

6/30/2020, YouTube: Cloud in 5 minutes

Xamarin: .NET Community Standup - June 11th 2020 - Build 2020 Recap + .NET MAUI

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Xamarin: .NET Community Standup - June 11th 2020 - Build 2020 Recap + .NET MAUI

6/11/2020, .NET Foundation

.NET Virtual User Group - Building Island Tracker – Xamarin, Functions, Table Storage, and More

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.NET Virtual User Group - Building Island Tracker – Xamarin, Functions,...

6/11/2020, .NET Foundation

Expert Q&A: Xamarin.Forms | COM52

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Expert Q&A: Xamarin.Forms | COM52

5/26/2020, YouTube: Microsoft Developer

Build native apps for any device with .NET | BOD107

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Build native apps for any device with .NET | BOD107

5/25/2020, YouTube: Microsoft Developer

Xamarin: .NET Community Standup - May 7th 2020 - Xamarin.Forms 4.6 Launch

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Xamarin: .NET Community Standup - May 7th 2020 - Xamarin.Forms 4.6 Launch

5/7/2020, .NET Foundation

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Xamarin News

7/10/2020, The Xamarin Podcast

Episode 75: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7

Xamarin.Forms 4.7 is out and the Inverter Converter is all the rage!! ... well ... multi-value bindings are all the rage - but that doesn't have quite the ring of Inverter Converter. This month...

6/12/2020, The Xamarin Podcast

Episode 74: Build 2020 Updates

//Build 2020 just happened - remotely! James and Matt recap all of the great Xamarin announcements - and then you can go out and watch all the sessions. Plus this episode covers how to build...

5/8/2020, The Xamarin Podcast

Episode 73: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact Tracing

Hope everybody is staying healthy! We have lots of news and new releases to cover this month for you! Xamarin.Essentials and Xamarin.Forms have new releases. And the Xamarin engineering team...

4/14/2020, MS Dev Blogs

.NET Conf – Focus on Xamarin Event Recap

It is hard to believe that is has been nearly one month since .NET Conf – Focus on Xamarin. This was our largest Xamarin live streaming event of the year with over nine hours of glorious Xamarin...

4/10/2020, The Xamarin Podcast

Episode 72: Logically Embed That Authentication

Logically embed that authentication ... that doesn't make sense at all ... or does it? Well it does when James and Matt talk about Azure Logic Apps, embedded fonts, and the brand new...

4/8/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

What's New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5

This week, Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 was released! Which brings several new features and improvements for mobile developers in Visual Studio for Mac to help

4/6/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Magic Gradients: Beautiful Backgrounds in Xamarin.Forms

The post Magic Gradients: Beautiful Backgrounds in Xamarin.Forms appeared first on Microsoft Developer Blogs.

3/20/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Xamarin Podcast: Let's Focus on Xamarin!

Keeping up with the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure is easier than ever. Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover a range of topics relevant to Xamarin dev

3/19/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Bring your Xamarin apps to Surface Duo

Hello Surface Duo developers! To celebrate the .NET Conf: Focus on Xamarin live broadcast next week (tune in Monday!), today’s blog post will outline how to suppo

3/13/2020, The Xamarin Podcast

Episode 71: Focus on Xamarin!

It's trigger-mania! Mania! On the dancefloor! This month James and Matt talk about Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin, and everything related to Xamarin - you could say they Focus on Xamarin. That's...

3/4/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Every Xamarin.Forms Layout is a Repeater Control

When you need to display a lot of data Xamarin.Forms has you covered with awesome controls such as ListView, CollectionView, or CarouselView. These controls are great as

3/2/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Xamarin and .NET Developer Events in March

This March, discover the world of Xamarin and .NET development through in-person and virtual events all month long. Explore recent news and updates with your community at

2/14/2020, The Xamarin Podcast

Episode 70: It's Xamarin.Forms Trigger-Mania!

It's trigger-mania! Mania! On the dancefloor! This month James and Matt talk about Xamarin.Forms triggers every chance they get - because there's trigger news everywhere! The dancing doesn't...

2/11/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Xamarin.Forms Comes to Surface Duo and Surface Neo

Today we are announcing the preview availability of our cross-platform dual-screen support for the Surface Duo and Surface Neo, two new and amazing devices coming from th

2/10/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

UIWebView Deprecation and Xamarin.Forms

A little while ago, Apple started sending out warning messages about the UIWebView deprecation. This has not gone unnoticed by our Xamarin.Forms users, who directly c

1/22/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Xamarin Goes Dual Screen

Surface Duo introduces a whole new class of ultra-portable experiences running on dual screens. Today we are excited to announce our public preview of the SDK for Surface

1/13/2020, Microsoft Developer Blogs

Simplifying Visual State Manager with TargetName

The Visual State Manager (VSM) has been around since Xamarin.Forms 3.0, but we're not done developing it. One of the things we really wanted to add is the ability to chan