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 (http://xamarinpodcast.com/) website Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 Overview (https://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-xamarin-forms-stable-release-2-3-4/), Release Notes (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/92455/xamarin-forms-2-3-4-224) Feature Roadmap for Xamarin.Forms (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/85747/xamarin-forms-feature-roadmap/p1) Evolution Forum (https://forums.xamarin.com/categories/xamarin-forms-evolution) Nightly Builds (https://blog.xamarin.com/try-the-latest-in-xamarin-forms-with-nightly-builds/) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (http://github.com/pierceboggan) David Ortinau: Twitter (https://twitter.com/davidortinau), GitHub (https://github.com/davidortinau) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast) Special Guest: David Ortinau.