This week, James is joined by Javier Suárez, Developer on Xamarin.Forms, who walks us through the brand new drawing API for Xamarin.Forms. This new native API enables you to draw just about anything! Time Codes: [00:00] Intro[04:30] Ellipse[06:30] Rectangle[08:15] Lines[10:10] Polyline[12:40] Polygon Show Links: Documentation: Xamarin.Forms ShapesXamarin.Forms 4.7 DocumentationBlog - Xamarin.Forms 4.7 ReleaseBlog - Drawing UI with Xamarin.Forms ShapesGitHub - Good Looking UI with Xamarin.FormsGitHub - Shapes PlaygroundFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined by Jacob Kirsch, Program Manager for Xamarin, who walks us through the latest and greatest features that Xamarin.Forms 4.7 introduced. This includes the awesome new drawing API with shapes and paths, app theme support update, and new grid optimizations. Time Codes: [00:00] Intro[02:50] Simplified Grid amp; Column Definitions[04:45] Multi-Bindings[06:57] Shapes amp; Paths[10:45] App Theme - Light amp; Dark Mode[13:00] Documentation amp; Wrap-up Show Links: Xamarin.Forms 4.7 DocumentationBlog - Xamarin.Forms 4.7 ReleaseFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined by Maddy Leger, Program Manager for Xamarin Tooling, who shows off Hot Restart, one of the coolest new features of Xamarin. Easily deploy your Xamarin.Forms based iOS application directly to your iOS device over USB from Windows! Maddy walks through how to get started, what is needed, and what is coming in the future. Time Codes: [00:00] Intro[01:30] Intro to the

This week, James is joined by John Thiriet live from France who shows off how he combined the power of App Center Analytics with Application Insights. This combination gives crazy insight into your application when it is live. John shows off how to set it up and how to start to write queries today. Time Codes: [00:00] Intro to App Center amp; App Insights[03:25] Exporting to App Insights[06:10] Querying Data in App Insights [09:00] PowerBI Integration [12:00] Playing around with Kusto Show Links: Docs - App CenterDocs - App InsightsJohn's Blog - Crashes and errors analytics with App Center and Application InsightsFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined by Matthew Robbins from the MFractor team who shows off the brand new version of MFractor with Windows support! MFractor adds several features so you can make great Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms apps faster. It includes tons of refactoring for C#, XAML, and more! So Tune In! Time Codes: [00:00] Intro to MFractor[02:30] XAML Analysis[07:00] Refactoring Styles amp; Intellisense[11:20] ViewModel Association[16:10] Grid Intellisense and Refactoring[18:00] Image Management Show Links: MFractorBlog: Introduction to MFractorXamarin Show - Intro to MFractorFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined once again with designer and architect of F# Don Syme and Fabulous maintainer Timothé Larivière. They are back to talk more in-depth about building Xamarin mobile apps with F# and Fabulous. This approach combines functional programming and MVU style of development create a lovely environment for build apps. Time Codes: [00:00] Recap of Fabulous[03:00] Fabulous #43; ML from Faisal Waris[05:40] Architect of a Fabulous App[15:30] Contact App Walkthrough[25:00] Custom Controls and Styling Show Links: FabulousBlog: How to become a Fabulous developerGitHub: BERT QAGitHub: Fabulous ContactsGitHub: Fabimals SampleGitHub: Fabulous WeatherGitHub: Fabulous PlanetsFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined by friend of the show and Xamarin Engineer Lead, Jonathan Dick. Are you tired of copying files in and out of different folders? Are you tired of worrying about different image resolutions? Then ResizetizerNT is for you! An amazing library from Jon that enables you to add all of your images into your .NET Standard project and have them resized and added to the correct platform folders and build time! You have to check this awesome library out. Show Links: ResizetizerNT on GitHubBlog: Getting Started with ResizetizerNTFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Gerald Versluis, Xamarin.Forms Engineer, who shows off SwipeView, a brand new control for Xamarin.Forms apps. SwipeView enables developers easily add swipe actions on any view and has a lot of great functionality and customization built in. Tune in. Show Links: GitHub: Demo CodeDocs: SwipeViewSnppts.dev: DesignsGood Looking UI GitHubFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, amp; Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer Center amp; BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

Let's take a step back in a new mini-series that I like to call Xamarin.Forms 101. In each episode we will walk through a basic building block of Xamarin.Forms to help you build awesome cross-platform iOS, Android, and Windows applications in .NET. This week we take a look at how to use the Material Design system in your Xamarin.Forms app. Show Notes: Xamarin.Forms Material Visual DocumentationNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, amp; Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer Center amp; BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined by friends of the show by the designer and architect of F# Don Syme and Fabulous maintainer Timothé Larivière. They are here to show off how F# and Fabulous create an awesome way to build cross-platform apps with Xamarin. Leveraging functional programming and MVU style of development create a lovely environment for build apps. Tune in for a full crash course! Show Links: FabulousBlog: How to become a Fabulous developerGitHub: Fabulous ContactsGitHub: Fabimals SampleGitHub: Fabulous WeatherGitHub: Fabulous PlanetsFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, amp; Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer Center amp; BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter