The .NET MAUI Podcast

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

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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

Episode 10 of the Xamarin Podcast discusses some of the latest news from Apple, upgrading Google Glass, Nokia X shipping with Xamarin.Android applications, Portable Class Library videos and more. As always, you can see the links we mention on show below, or see the links inline on the SoundCloud file.

Recorded by ChrisNTR & Pierce Boggan, Edited by Mike James.
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Apple CarPlay - http://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/
TestFlight Owner Burstly Acquired By Apple - http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/21/rumor-testflight-owner-burstly-is-being-acquired-by-apple/
Google Glass updates slow down ahead of KitKat upgrade - http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57619794-94/google-glass-updates-slow-down-ahead-of-kitkat-upgrade/
Get Scanning With Google Glass - http://chrisntr.github.io/blog/2014/02/24/get-scanning-with-google-glass/
The easiest way to build Native iOS UI - http://blog.falafel.com/Blogs/lance-bullock/2014/02/18/the-easiest-way-to-build-native-ios-ui
Using Portable Class Libraries with Xamarin - http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Using-Portable-Class-Libraries-with-Xamarin
Using Portable Class Libraries in iOS and Android Apps - http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2014/02/01/using-portable-class-libraries-in-ios-and-android-apps.aspx
Portable Class Library Tips and Tricks - http://motzcod.es/post/77714523453/portable-class-library-tips-and-tricks
Nokia X Platform overview - http://developer.nokia.com/nokia-x/platform-overview
Nokia X – HERE for C# developers with Xamarin - http://blog.xamarin.com/nokia-x-for-csharp/
Bringing MixRadio to the new Nokia X family - http://dev.mixrad.io/blog/2014/02/24/Bringing-MixRadio-to-the-new-Nokia-X-family/
Use Nokia X HERE Maps with Xamarin.Android - http://mikebluestein.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/use-nokia-x-here-maps-with-xamarin-android/
Awesome Mobile C# Meetups to Start off March - http://blog.xamarin.com/awesome-mobile-c-sharp-meetups-to-start-off-march/
Introduction to iOS Programming in C# (Seattle Mobile .NET March 2014) - http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/14339/introduction-to-ios-programming-in-c-seattle-mobile-net-march-2014
Autohide Navigation Bar - http://iosbits.co.uk/autohide-navigation-bar/
Days Until Xmas on Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrisntr.daysuntilxmasandroid
Days Until Xmas source code on GitHub - https://github.com/chrisntr/DaysUntilXmas
Baby Steps with Xamarin on Android - http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2014/02/20/baby-steps...

Show Notes

With .NET 7 around the corner, we're putting the finishing touches on everything in preparation - tune in to find out more! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news!

New releases

• .NET MAUI support for .NET 7 RC2
• On.NET with David with .NET MAUI for .NET 7
• Draw all over your maps
• .NET MAUI support for XCode 14
• .NET 7 RC2
• VS Mac 17.4 P2.1
• .NET MAUI Community Toolkit v1.3

Latest News

• Microsoft Teams Infrastructure and ACS migration to .NET 6
• Microsoft Commerce migration to .NET 6
• Bing Ads Campaigns migration to .NET 6
• Compare files in Visual Studio
• .NET Conf is coming up!
• The .NET Conf Student Zone

Azure News

• All the goodness for .NET 7 in Azure Functions and App Service

Azure Service of the Month

• Azure App Configuration

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

Show Notes

Can you believe it? There's already a new major version of .NET MAUI on its way! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news!

New releases

• .NET MAUI in .NET 6 Service Release 5
• NET MAUI in .NET 7 RC 1
• Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2

Latest News

• Cloud Skills Challenge almost over!
• Learn Live .NET MAUI chugs along
• Colored bracket pairs in Visual Studio
• Bicep in Visual Studio

Azure News

• .NET 7 in Azure Functions
• .NET MAUI + Azure Cosmos DB on Cosmos DB TV

Azure Service of the Month

• Azure Container Apps

Pick of the Pod

• .NET Podcast App
• Microsoft Orleans
• Microsoft Authentication Library - MSAL

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

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan cover the latest news for mobile developers from Microsoft Connect(); 2017, including updates to Xamarin.Forms, the Live Player, Visual Studio 2017, and Visual Studio for Mac.

4:15 .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms App
9:30 What's new in the Xamarin Live Player - .NET Standard support, SkiaSharp support, and updates to onboarding
13:00 Visual Studio Team Services gets even more awesome - hosted macOS agents and secure files
16:00 How to catch up on Connect(); announcements
18:25 Xamarin.Forms 2.5 - Native Forms, layout compression, iOS 11, improved macOS desktop support
25:30 Sunsetting Xamarin Components - what you need to know
28:00 What's new in Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac for mobile developers
33:15 Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017
34:10 Library/Tool/Product of the Week

Show Links:

• .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms
• Streamlined Testflight Registration with Fastlane
• Simplified App Signing with Secure Files in VSTS
• Microsoft Connect(); Sessions for Xamarin Developers
• Three Big Things to Explore in Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0
• Making iOS 11 Even Easier with Xamarin.Forms
• Sunsetting the Component Store
• Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview Release Notes
• Visual Studio for Mac version 15.5 Preview Release Notes
• Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017
• AppCenter.ms

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

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