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

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

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Fast & Simple Android Location Updates with Google Play Services

Native Android Facebook Authentication with Azure App Service

Adding Storage to Mobile Apps with OneDrive for Business

Introducing .NET Core Support for Realm

Speech Central Makes it Easier to Browse the Internet Hands-Free

Webinar: Take your .NET Skills from the Desktop to Android and iOS

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 1 Release Notes

Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.7 Release Notes

Visual Studio for Mac 7.2 Release Notes

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