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 Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Pierce: Twitter, GitHub Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast