Episode 55: What's New in Visual Studio 2017, Xamarin.Forms, and the Android designer

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno discuss the latest & greatest in mobile .NET development, including Xamarin.Forms 3.0 and 3.1, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and 15.8, updates to the Android designer, and more!

2:00 Getting your Android apps ready for Google Play's new Target API level requirements

8:00 See Xamarin.Forms 3.0 in action with the open-source conference vision app

10:40 Using MongoDB with Xamarin apps

12:05 What's new in the Android designer

17:00 Mobile Build Tools & new Android MSBuild properties

17:30 Xamarin Essentials

22:05 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 - new Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense, automatic iOS provisioning, new project templates

25:00 Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 - Hyper-V Android emulator, improvements to the incremental build process, Android designer and Forms Previewer improvements

27:55 Xamarin.Forms 3.1

32:40 Pick of the Podcast

• Getting Android Apps Ready for Google Play's Target API Level Requirements


• Build 2018 Conference Vision Demo App


• Use MongoDB with Your Xamarin Apps


• What's New in the Android Designer


• Xamarin Essentials


• Securing & Versioning Apps with Mobile Build Tools


• Using MSBuild to Define Advanced Android VersionCode


• Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7


• New XAML IntelliSense in 15.7


• New Project Templates in 15.7


• Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8


• Xamarin.Forms 3.0


• Visual State Manager


• FlexLayout


• CSS


• Xamarin.Forms 3.1


• Prism Template Pack

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