Episode 43: App Monetization, .NET Standard, Azure Cosmos DB, and more!

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James and Pierce fill you in on the latest Xamarin news, including how to integrate ads and in-app purchases into your mobile apps, migrating to .NET Standard, planet-scale apps with Cosmos DB, and more! 4:00 - Cool apps built with Xamarin recently 7:30 - Azure Cosmos DB 14:30 - App monetization with ads + in-app purchases in Xamarin apps 20:30 - Last Xamarin Dev Days dates + locations for this year announced 23:00 - Migrating your Xamarin.Forms apps to .NET Standard 29:15 - New updates to Plugins for Xamarin 32:40 - Try out the latest Xamarin previews for Visual Studio and Xamarin.Forms 36:50 - Tool/Package of the Podcast Show Links: Case Study: Aggreko (https://blog.xamarin.com/aggreko-provides-power-temperature-control-apps-global-audience-xamarin-azure/) Case Study: Minnesota Twins (https://blog.xamarin.com/minnesota-twins-hits-home-run-cloud-powered-scouting-apps/) Going Global with Xamarin and Azure Cosmos DB (https://blog.xamarin.com/going-global-xamarin-azure-cosmos-db/) Azure Cosmos DB (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cosmos-db/) Join us at a Xamarin Dev Days near you (https://www.xamarin.com/dev-days) Building Xamarin.Forms Apps with .NET Standard (https://blog.xamarin.com/building-xamarin-forms-apps-net-standard/) The Xamarin Show: Upgrading Xamarin.Forms to .NET Standard (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Snack-Pack-15-Upgrading-to-XamarinForms-to-NET-Standard) Visual Studio 15.3 Preview 3 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5-pre6 (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/93181/pre-release-xamarin-forms-2-3-5-256-pre6/p1) Media Manager Plugin (https://blog.xamarin.com/play-audio-and-video-with-the-mediamanager-plugin-for-xamarin/) Version Tracking Plugin (https://github.com/colbylwilliams/VersionTrackingPlugin) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) 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)