As summer turns to fall and school is back in session, Xamarin and Xamarin University would also like to help kickstart your mobile app development. Xamarin University subscribers now have access to over ?60 live online classes, covering everything from an Introduction to Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms all the way to advanced memory management and performance […]

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We’re celebrating our strategic partnership with Oracle by joining them at Oracle OpenWorld, their marquee annual conference, to showcase how Xamarin and Oracle help organizations build better enterprise apps. With Oracle and Xamarin, developers can easily and securely connect native Xamarin apps to Oracle Mobile Cloud Service for robust backend access, making enterprise development fast, […]

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WARNING: this is a expert level technique and isn’t officially supported by Xamarin. Personally I feel like this is the holy grail of Xamarin.Forms development, having the ability to jump between both Xamarin.Forms Views and Native Views. I’ve used this technique multiple times in Xamarin.Forms apps. It’s primarily used when you’ve created a custom renderer […]

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Dive into Xamarin this month with new events, seminars, Dev Days, user groups, and conferences happening in all corners of the globe! Find out what’s new with Xamarin in like-minded communities near you: XLSOFT Japan Tokyo, Japan: October 3rd 6th Japan Xamarin User Group Conference Xamarin Dev Days – Portland Portland, OR: October 3rd Come […]

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