Episode 47: Android Oreo Support, Xamarin Live Player Preview 2, New iOS 11 Previews, and more!

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan discuss LOTs of new previews for Xamarin developers, including Android O, Xamarin Live Player, iOS 11, and Xamarin.Forms previews for you to try in addition to some exciting community updates. 2:00 Xamarin Live Player Preview 2: Continuously Run & Debug Apps 6:30 New free Xamarin University certification level 10:25 Xamarin MVPs join Microsoft MVPs 13:50 Share more code with .NET Standard 2.0 16:45 Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks 18:00 Android Oreo support 19:15 New updates for mobile developers in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 2 21:50 iOS 11 & Xcode 9 Previews 24:10 Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre2 25:00 Pierce's Tool of the Podcast: Xamarin AppMap from Infragistics 27:20 James' Package of the Podcast: Connectivity Plugin for Xamarin 4.0 Show Links: Xamarin Live Player Preview 2: Continuously Run & Debug Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-live-player-preview-2-continuously-run-and-debug-apps/) Introducing the Xamarin Certified Mobile Professional Badge (https://blog.xamarin.com/announcing-xamarin-certified-mobile-professional-badge/) Bringing Communities Together: Xamarin MVPs Join Microsoft MVPs (https://blog.xamarin.com/bringing-communities-together-xamarin-mvps-join-microsoft-mvps/) Share more code with .NET Standard 2.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/share-code-net-standard-2-0/) Webinar: Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks (https://blog.xamarin.com/live-webinar-xamarin-university-presents-exploring-urhosharp-3d-xamarin-workbooks/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Preview 2 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) iOS 11 & Xcode 9 Previews (https://blog.xamarin.com/explore-ios-11-previews-today/) Xamarin.Forms 2.4.0-pre2 (https://forums.xamarin.com/categories/xamarin-forms-releases) Xamarin AppMap from Infragistics (https://www.infragistics.com/products/xamarin/productivity-pack/app-map) New Connectivity Plugin for Xamarin (https://montemagno.com/connectivity-plugin-4-0-important-and-awesome-changes/) 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)