What's New in Xamarin.Forms

The Discussion

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  does Xamarin Forms support a WPF like Canvas control?

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  @SteveRichter: i think it is called AbsoluteLayout https://developer.xamarin.com/api/type/Xamarin.Forms.AbsoluteLayout/

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  The Problem I see with Microsoft+Xamarin - it brings nothing to Windows. Seriously.

  It just helps windows developers to migrate to android/ios. RIP Windows Phone.

   

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  @BlackTiger: The beauty here is that you can now reach all platforms from a shared code base. No matter what platform you want to go to you can do it in C# inside of Visual Studio. The Xamarin.Forms UI library has full support for iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, 8.1, Store 8.1, and UWP. Truly universal :)

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  @James​Montemagno: What about RoboVM? Any plans to dump, open-source it?

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  @exim: You can read more about RoboVM on their website, I don't have any more information than that.

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  Can anyone point out where is the .iso image of visual studio 2015 update 3 enterprise?
  Not the online installer, not some .exe file... just plain raw .iso image.
  
  Thank you!

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  Just to point out, I've downloaded that exe file from VS website, run it with /layout flag (somewhere on VS forums it was mentioned that it will donwload the iso image), but it downloaded some 22GB crap... The iso image should be 5-6GB shouldn't it?

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  @exim: Try https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=708984. I just used that and got the 6GB ISO you are looking for.

  Robert

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  Thank you very much, Robert! (just to make sure, I want that 90 day trial enterprise variant, not the community version).

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  Hi Robert, just to clarify, that link gives you an iso image for Update 3 only, i.e. you should already have VS 2015 installed (probably with Update 2, not sure...). Is there a link for a complete iso image for full VS 2015 update 3? (enterprise trial).

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  @James​Montemagno Can you help me find that toolbox extension you use for Xamarin.Forms Xaml I did some google search but couldn't find anything.
  Thank You.

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  @exim: If you download VS Enterprise Trial today, it has Update 3 already built in.

  Robert

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  Thank you, Robert.
  
  @James​Montemagno: Any plans for supporting desktop platforms for Xamarin.Forms?
  For some type of apps where Forms is a good option (e.g. business/CRUD), I also consider Qt/QML because it supports desktop out of the box (but you have to deal with JavaScript crap...).

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  Which tool are you using for the iOS Simulator for Windows?

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  What's missing is Xamarin.Forms for macOS. A version that integrates with UWP would be awesome too.

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  @Rashun Mosley: You can install it from https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/windows/ios-simulator/ you will still need a mac on the network to connect to.

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  @Jeff Lewis: We have full UWP Support: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/platform-features/windows/installation/universal/

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  Ok.. Now.. how about MacOS? :)

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  @JamesMontemagno:

  I second the need for macos support for Xamarin forms

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  @JamesMontemagno:

  I haven't look at the code yet for Evolve app but how are you doing the login? are you using xamarin company registration login or custom login that I can use to build my own?

   

  thanks

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  We need an equivalent control to UWP's GridView control. This should be first priority. Not carousel.