Episode 68: All The New 4's: Xamarin Forms 4.4 and Visual Studio 16.4!!

Everything that's new ends with a 4! This month James and Matt go over the big releases of Visual Studio 16.4 and Xamarin.Forms 4.4! But there's more than the latest releases! There's news galore! Snnpts Challenge results. Hacktoberfest, and 5 quick tips for getting the most out of the CollectionView are covered. Would you like to know how serverless fits into Cloud Native? What about the new Azure SDKs? Done and done. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Visual Studio 16.4 Quick blog recapping all new features (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/visual-studio-2019-version-16-4/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) XAML HOT RELOAD 🔥🔄 IS FINALLY IN GA! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/xaml/hot-reload?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Cool Xamarin Show on Android App Bundles (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Android-App-Bundles-101--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Read all about AndroidX libraries (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/androidx-for-xamarin/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Introduction to Android X for Xamarin | Xamarin Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Introduction-to-AndroidX-for-Xamarin--The-Xamarin-Show?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin.Forms 4.4 Xamarin.Forms 4.4 Introduction Post (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-4-4/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) More info on the IndicatorView (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/indicatorview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) You wanna know more about the SwipeView don't you? (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/swipeview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Animated GIFs - can you believe it?!? (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/swipeview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou&WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) CarouselView is a'coming! (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/carouselview/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News The Snnpts Challenge (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/snppts-community-challenge/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) The Snnpts Challenge Results (https://www.thewissen.io/snppts-challenge-wrap-up/) Hacktoberfest Winners (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/hacktoberfest-awards-xamarin/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) These 5 Quick Tips on the CollectionView will change your life forever (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/5-quick-tips-for-collectionview?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) And don't forget this 6th tip on pull-to-refresh! (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/refreshview-xamarin-forms/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Azure News How Serverless Fits in With Cloud Native (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Cloud-Native-Show/Where-Does-Serverless-Fit-in-Cloud-Native?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Azure Core and Azure.NET SDK Libs | On.NET Show (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Understanding-the-AzureCore-library?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Securing Azure Apps with Azure.Identity SDK (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Securing-your-Azure-applications-with-AzureIdentity?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure DevOps (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Mobile DevOps Series (https://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/mobile-devops?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod JeffSum.NET (https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Jeffsum.NET) StateSquid (https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.StateSquid) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast68-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)