Wallace B. McClure

Many of you in the Microsoft .NET Framework world are familiar with XAML. XAML is an XML-based language for working with objects. It has been used extensively in developing UIs in Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation and is used in the Windows Runtime. Unfortunately, XAML support isn't a feature that's built into iOS or Android. With the release of the Xamarin cross-platform toolkit, Xamarin.Forms, XAML can now be used with those platforms, as well as Windows Phone.

Article Url:  http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2015/02/09/xamarin-android-5-lollipop.aspx

Url: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2015/01/01/new-android-5-lollipop-features.aspx

Url: http://www.learnnowonline.com/course/i8x2/xamarin-and-ios-8-new-apis

Url: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2014/12/01/designing-uis.aspx

My training course on Xamarin and iOS8 regarding the new 64 bit support and the new User Interface designer tools has just recently been posted to the Learn Now Online site.  I hope that you find it helpful!

The Xamarin tool ecosystem is gaining popularity, as more developers continue to build tools with mobility in mind. Here's how to use them in your projects. 

Developers tell us why they use it and what benefit they derive from the tooling, and Xamarin developer Craig Dunn goes over the decisionmaking process when choosing between Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin.iOS or Xamarin.Android.