Episode 50: Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0, Live Player, and What's New in Visual Studio

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James Montemagno and Pierce Boggan cover the latest news for mobile developers from Microsoft Connect(); 2017, including updates to Xamarin.Forms, the Live Player, Visual Studio 2017, and Visual Studio for Mac. 4:15 .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms App 9:30 What's new in the Xamarin Live Player - .NET Standard support, SkiaSharp support, and updates to onboarding 13:00 Visual Studio Team Services gets even more awesome - hosted macOS agents and secure files 16:00 How to catch up on Connect(); announcements 18:25 Xamarin.Forms 2.5 - Native Forms, layout compression, iOS 11, improved macOS desktop support 25:30 Sunsetting Xamarin Components - what you need to know 28:00 What's new in Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac for mobile developers 33:15 Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017 34:10 Library/Tool/Product of the Week Show Links: .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/net-standard-comes-xamarin-forms-project-templates/) Streamlined Testflight Registration with Fastlane (https://montemagno.com/streamlined-testflight-registration-with-fastlane/) Simplified App Signing with Secure Files in VSTS (https://blog.xamarin.com/simplified-app-signing-secure-files-visual-studio-team-services/) Microsoft Connect(); Sessions for Xamarin Developers (https://blog.xamarin.com/microsoft-connect-2017-sessions-xamarin-developers/) Three Big Things to Explore in Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0 (https://blog.xamarin.com/3-big-things-explore-xamarin-forms-2-5-0-pre-release/) Making iOS 11 Even Easier with Xamarin.Forms (https://blog.xamarin.com/making-ios-11-even-easier-xamarin-forms/) Sunsetting the Component Store (https://blog.xamarin.com/hello-nuget-new-home-xamarin-components/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview Release Notes (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/) Visual Studio for Mac version 15.5 Preview Release Notes (https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-mac-preview-relnotes) Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017 (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/108762/help-us-make-xamarin-faster-in-visual-studio-2017) AppCenter.ms (https://appcenter.ms/) 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)