Summary: <p>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.</p> <p>4:15 .NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms App<br> 9:30 What's new in the Xamarin Live Player - .NET Standard support, SkiaSharp support, and updates to onboarding<br> 13:00 Visual Studio Team Services gets even more awesome - hosted macOS agents and secure files<br> 16:00 How to catch up on Connect(); announcements<br> 18:25 Xamarin.Forms 2.5 - Native Forms, layout compression, iOS 11, improved macOS desktop support<br> 25:30 Sunsetting Xamarin Components - what you need to know<br> 28:00 What's new in Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac for mobile developers<br> 33:15 Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017<br> 34:10 Library/Tool/Product of the Week</p> <p>Show Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/net-standard-comes-xamarin-forms-project-templates/" rel="nofollow">.NET Standard comes to File -> New -> Xamarin.Forms</a></li> <li><a href="https://montemagno.com/streamlined-testflight-registration-with-fastlane/" rel="nofollow">Streamlined Testflight Registration with Fastlane</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/simplified-app-signing-secure-files-visual-studio-team-services/" rel="nofollow">Simplified App Signing with Secure Files in VSTS</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/microsoft-connect-2017-sessions-xamarin-developers/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Connect(); Sessions for Xamarin Developers</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/3-big-things-explore-xamarin-forms-2-5-0-pre-release/" rel="nofollow">Three Big Things to Explore in Xamarin.Forms 2.5.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/making-ios-11-even-easier-xamarin-forms/" rel="nofollow">Making iOS 11 Even Easier with Xamarin.Forms</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/hello-nuget-new-home-xamarin-components/" rel="nofollow">Sunsetting the Component Store</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/" rel="nofollow">Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview Release Notes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-mac-preview-relnotes" rel="nofollow">Visual Studio for Mac version 15.5 Preview Release Notes</a></li> <li><a href="https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/108762/help-us-make-xamarin-faster-in-visual-studio-2017" rel="nofollow">Help us make Xamarin faster in Visual Studio 2017</a></li> <li><a href="https://appcenter.ms/" rel="nofollow">AppCenter.ms</a></li> </ul> <p>Follow Us:</p> <ul> <li>James: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://motzcod.es/" rel="nofollow">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow">Merge Conflict Podcast</a> </li> <li>Pierce: <a href="https://twitter.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a> </li> </ul> <p>Subscribe:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2" rel="nofollow">iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey" rel="nofollow">Google Play Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast" rel="nofollow">Overcast</a></li> </ul>
