Xamarin Evolve 2014 was a huge success, with 1200+ attendees, over 90 incredible training and conference sessions, and 4 inspiring winners of the inaugural Xammy Awards. We also announced many exciting new products and features in the Keynote that was watched in almost 100 countries. If you didn't have a chance to attend, all of the sessions are now available online so you can experience all of the excitement for yourself! View the sessions »
We made some major announcements about Xamarin Test Cloud at Xamarin Evolve 2014. We’re particularly excited about Xamarin.UITest, our new, automated UI testing framework that harnesses the power of C# to create first-class test code using all of the power of .NET. We’ve made it easy for you to test your mobile apps with Xamarin.UITest, so get started today! Start testing »
We're very excited to introduce Xamarin Insights, our brand new, real-time mobile app monitoring and crash reporting service for Xamarin apps. Get precise error reporting of crashes and exceptions so you can understand how live users are engaging with your app. You can even see which issues they’ve experienced and communicate with them after crashes, updates, and fixes. Xamarin Insights is free and unlimited for all Xamarin customers during our beta. Improve your apps with Xamarin Insights »
We made some truly ground-breaking Platform Preview announcements at Xamarin Evolve 2014 that are available now. Sketches is a lightweight environment to explore the immediate effects of your code, making it a powerful tool for iterating and debugging. The Xamarin Profiler helps you find memory leaks and resolve performance bottlenecks in your apps. Learn about the Platform Previews »
We tackled the greatest pain point Android developers face by building the lightning-fast Xamarin Android Player. The player runs with hardware-virtualization to give your apps the shortest startup time and best possible performance, so you can simulate, debug, demo and run Android apps at significantly faster speeds than the stock Android emulator. Download Xamarin Android Player »
We’re thrilled to be partnering with IBM to bring consumer-grade front-ends built on Xamarin together with enterprise-grade back-ends. Developers can embed a pre-built software library into mobile apps to connect, secure and manage apps using IBM Worklight, as well as add a set of extensions that enable developers to configure and access the IBM Worklight server from a single environment. Learn more »
The Xamarin team is always looking for smart people who are passionate about mobile development to jump into our fast-paced, collaborative environment. Explore our open positions and apply to join the Xamarin family, where you'll work with a talented team and enjoy life-enhancing perks, including catered healthy lunch every day, dog friendly offices, and a monthly gym benefit. Check out our Facebook and Instagram profiles for a candid peek into what it's like to be a Xamarin.View our open positions »
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
 
Women's Coding Collective
Women’s Coding Collective will hold a meetup focused on "Mobile App Development with Xamarin" at the Xamarin Boston Office in November, covering the basics and features of mobile development using Xamarin.
Nov 10, Boston, MA »

Future Decoded 2014
The Xamarin Fall European Road Show will make a stop in London for Microsoft’s Future Decoded 2014. Come see us for the Future Decoded Tech Day on November 12th.
Nov 10-12, London, England »

DEVintersection Conference Xamarin Evangelist James Montemagno will present “iOS and Android Development for the C# Developer with Xamarin." There will also be two Xamarin workshops presented at the event.
Nov 10-13, Las Vegas, NV »

Microsoft Technical Summit 2014
Don't miss the Xamarin team in Berlin, Germany as part of our Xamarin Fall European Road Show, where Customer Support Engineer Mike James will present “Cross-Platform App Development with .NET, C#, and Xamarin.”
Nov 11-13, Berlin, Germany »

Microsoft Tech Days
Meet the Xamarin team in Stockholm, Sweden, where Xamarin Customer Support Engineer Mike James will present two sessions on how to “Simplify Mobile Development with Xamarin.”
Nov 19, Stockholm, Sweden »
 
 
 
TIPS AND TRICKS
 
Debug with the Xamarin Android Player from Visual Studio in VMWare or Parallels: Xamarin Developer Evangelist James Montemagno walks you through the simple steps to use the new Xamarin Android Player from a Virtual Machine.

NuGet Support in Xamarin Studio 5.5: NuGet in Xamarin Studio is evolving fast, with new features all the time. Matt Ward walks us through all of the new goodies now available in Xamarin Studio 5.5.

A Tale of Connected Dots: Attendees at Evolve 2014 had the chance to play the Evolve Quest, an interactive iBeacon scavenger hunt, to win an exclusive prize. Jérémie Laval shows us exactly how the animated Android quest map was created.

Getting User Location to Work on iOS 8: iOS 8 is a major shift, with over 4,000 new APIs and changes. Included in these changes were updates on how to request permissions for location and notification. Tomasz gives us a full explanation on how to get this working in our Xamarin.iOS projects.

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus LaunchScreen.storyboard for Xamarin: Our very own Craig Dunn shows us how to use the new launch screen storyboard to support these new screen sizes easily.
 
 
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