Episode 38: Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 & Beyond

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by David Ortinau, PM at Microsoft for Xamarin.Forms, to discuss the release of Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 and what's on the roadmap for Xamarin.Forms moving forward.

Show Notes:

01:30 - Introducing the new PM for Xamarin.Forms, David Ortinau

02:30 - What does a typical day look like for David as a PM?

04:30 - Release of Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 to stable

05:50 - Performance & quality improvements

12:00 - Enhancements to XAMLC

13:50 - New bindable picker control

16:00 - Evolution forum for evolving the future of Xamarin.Forms

17:00 - OnIdiom support for desktop

22:25 - New "nightly" master builds for Xamarin.Forms and other fun ways of trying preview features

27:55 - What are fast renderers? How can they improve the performance of Xamarin.Forms apps?

Links & Show Notes:

• The Xamarin Podcast website
• Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 Overview, Release Notes
• Feature Roadmap for Xamarin.Forms
• Evolution Forum
• Nightly Builds
• Pierce: Twitter, GitHub
• David Ortinau: Twitter, GitHub

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Special Guest: David Ortinau.