The .NET MAUI Podcast

It's time for another .NET MAUI Podcast with James, David, and Matt! This podcast we talk all about VS Code for .NET MAUI and some setup recommendations, new AI enhancements, and goodies coming to .NET MAUI in .NET 9 Preview 7 that you can try today!

Links:

• James VS Code Setup Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2zzoW4D98
• James Deploy to iOS Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-kZ-AgEeO8
• .NET 9 Preview 7: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-9-preview-7/
• OpenAI SDK: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/?p=52138
• Inference SDK: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure-ai-model-catalog-dotnet-inference-sdk/

Follow Us:

• James: X, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
• Matt: X, Blog, GitHub
• David: X, Github

Lots of new great stuff to talk about this month! New, new, new web pages galore! Xamarin landing documentation page, Xamarin development blog, and customer app showcase! James tells us how to debug ASP.NET Core Web APIs from Android, and find out what POP means. All of that this month and more!

Show Notes

• Brand new Xamarin documentation landing page!
• One stop shop for all the Microsoft development blogs
• Xamarin app customer showcase - get inspired!
• XamU getting Twitch-y
• The Twitch Live Coders team
• Catch James on Twitch
• Updatng the Hanselman.Forms app
• Debug those ASP.NET Web APIs on Android Emulators
• Primo PDFs with SyncFusion
• Pop! Pop! UI Testing with the Page Object Pattern
• Become a speaker at Microsoft //Build
• Get your //Build tickets!
• Explore the new App Center features. Raise and comment on the issues for the features too!
• Azure App Configurations - one config to rule them all
• Xamarin.Forms 3.5 release notes
• 5 Things You'll Love About Xamarin.Forms 3.5
• Xamarin.Forms Essentials 1.1.0
• Visual Studio 2019 RC notes
• Visual Studio for Mac Preview 3
• MSAL 3.0 Preview
• Forms 9-patch all the things - the forum post
• Forms 9-patch all the things - the website
• Forms 9-patch all the things - the guide
• Selected / Unselected Xamarin.Forms tab colors

Follow Us:

• James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
• Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno is joined by Jon Dick of the Xamarin components team to discuss the Android Support Libraries and Google Play Services. Don't miss this super informative episode overviewing what these important libraries are, why they are necessary, what's new, and how to use them in your apps today.

7:00 - What are the Android Support Libraries?
8:30 - Is it possible to build your app without the Android Support Libraries?
11:45 - What does each Android Support Library do?
15:00 - Versioning for Android Support Libraries, especially in relation to Xamarin.Forms
16:45 - Should you always be using the latest version of the Android Support Libraries?
25:00 - New things in the Android Support Libraries
33:00 - Overview of Google Play Services
44:00 - Tool/Package/Extension of the Week

• James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast
• Jon: Twitter, GitHub

Subscribe:

• iTunes
• Google Play Music
• Overcast

Special Guest: Jon Dick.

Links:

• Improvements coming to Xamarin Google Play Services – Redth
• Your App Needs More Google Play Services • Xamarin Evolve 2016 — Jonathan Dick is developer who hails from The Great White North and has been slinging C# for mobile since it was born.
• Implementing Push Notifications in Your Android Apps | Xamarin Blog
• Picking your compileSdkVersion, minSdkVersion, targetSdkVersion
• Snack Pack 11: Understanding Android API Level Settings | The Xamarin Show
• Pick of Show: EditorConfigLanguage: A Visual Studio extension
• Pick of Show: NGraphics is a cross platform library for rendering vector graphics
• Coffeehouse Blunders

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and I share our experiences in building connected apps with Azure Mobile Apps. We’ll walk you through the different options you have for mobile backends in Azure, and take a look at other technologies, such as Microsoft Cognitive Services, Azure Functions, and Azure Search, that you can add to bring your mobile backend to the next level.

Special Guest: Mike James.

This week on the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and I cover everything you need to know as a mobile developer from Apple’s WWDC 2016, including new additions and upgrades to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

Special Guest: Mike James.