Best Visual Studio For Mac Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 126: .NET 9, Holiday Hacks, & GitHub Copilot Free 45:56

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.NET 9 is officially here! We talk a little bit .NET Conf and the major announcements, .NET Aspire, AI, Holiday Hacks, and GitHub Copilot Free! Links: .NET Conf: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdo4fOcmZ0oXeSG8BgCVru3zQtw_K4ANY .NET Aspire: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspire/get-started/aspire-overview Microsoft Extensions AI: https:/…

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Episode 125: Hello Xcode 16 & .NET 9 RC 2 36:06

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The latest in greatest for .NET MAUI is here with .NET 9 RC 2 which comes with plenty of awesome enhancements for mobile and desktop developers. We discuss Xcode 16 and iOS 18 support for both .NET 8 and .NET 9 and what to expect when upgrading your apps. Links: What's new: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/whats-new/dotnet-9 Follow Us: James…

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Episode 124: CollectionView++, AI Goodies, and VS Code Setup 45:37

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It's time for another .NET MAUI Podcast with James, David, and Matt! This podcast we talk all about VS Code for .NET MAUI and some setup recommendations, new AI enhancements, and goodies coming to .NET MAUI in .NET 9 Preview 7 that you can try today! Links: James VS Code Setup Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2zzoW4D98 James Deploy to iOS G…

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Episode 123: Building Accessible Apps with .NET MAUI featuring Rachel Kang 23:13

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Show Notes Rachel Kang, .NET MAUI Program Manager, joins the podcast to talk about all things accessibility for .NET MAUI developers. Why is accessibility important, how do you test it, what features are available, and so much more! Links Docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/fundamentals/accessibility Blogs: Keyboard accessibility - https:…

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Episode 122: Has it been a year already? 39:27

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Show Notes C# Azure Search Sample with MAUI! .NET AI Documentation Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub David: Twitter, GithubBy Microsoft

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Episode 121: M365 Admin App: A Customer .NET MAUI Migration Story 52:37

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Show Notes The M365 Admin app is used to administer M365 tenants on the go. It's a complex app written in Xamarin.Forms ... or it was. Find out how the team behind the M365 admin app migration from Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI. .NET MAUI API Browser Reuse Effects in .NET MAUI Upgrade a Xamarin.Forms app to a .NET MAUI app with the .NET Upgrade Assist…

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Episode 120: Polaris : A Customer Migration Story 49:43

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Show Notes Migrate your Xamarin.iOS Binding Library Migrate your Xamarin.Android Binding Library Auth0 Documentation for .NET MAUI Mapbox .NET MAUI Support Minnesota Enterprise Mobile UG: Party On with 3rd Party Binding Libraries in .NET MAUI .NET MAUI API Browser Reuse Effects in .NET MAUI Upgrade a Xamarin.Forms app to a .NET MAUI app with the .N…

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Episode 119: Build and MAUI and Recaps 38:07

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Show Notes Microsoft Build just happened - tune in to hear David's, James', and Matt's thoughts! Latest Releases Latest on .NET MAUI .NET upgrade assistant w/ support for MAUI NET 8 preview 4 & 5 and Visual Studio Previews Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 1 Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 2 .NET 8 Preview 4 .NET 8 Preview 5 Speech recognition in .NET MAUI w/ …

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Episode 118: ...and we're back 50:04

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Show Notes It's been a little bit... but James, David, and Matt are back with the latest .NET MAUI and Azure news! Latest Releases The latest on .NET MAUI .NET Upgrade Assistant .NET Upgrade Assistant NuGet .NET 8 Preview 3 Visual Studio 17.6 preview 2 Visual Studio 17.5 updates Latest News Drawing elements on maps in .NET MAUI Azure Developers - .…

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Episode 117: James and David Pick on Matt 30:08

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Show Notes In addition to some good natured ribbing - James, Matt & David talk about the latest and greatest in .NET MAUI development. Latest Releases .NET MAUI Latest Visual Studio 17.5 Previews Markdown Sticky Scroll Dev tunnels Spell checking .NET MAUI Community Toolkit .NET Community Toolkit Latest News MVVM in WinForms Updates to the podcast a…

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Episode 116: .NET Conf Recap 45:31

3y ago45:31

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Show Notes .NET Conf happened, it was amazing, and David, James and Matt will bring you up to date! The latest MAUI, .NET, and Azure are all coming at you. Latest News .NET Conf .NET Student Zone Azure News Azure bicep Azure Service of the Month Form recognizer Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, Git…

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It's the season of release candidates (take 2) 33:12

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Show Notes With .NET 7 around the corner, we're putting the finishing touches on everything in preparation - tune in to find out more! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news! New releases .NET MAUI support for .NET 7 RC2 On.NET with David with .NET MAUI for .NET 7 Draw all over you…

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Episode 114: .NET MAUI in .NET 7 RC 1 - Wha?!? 47:17

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Show Notes Can you believe it? There's already a new major version of .NET MAUI on its way! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news! New releases .NET MAUI in .NET 6 Service Release 5 NET MAUI in .NET 7 RC 1 Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2 Latest News Cloud Skills Challenge almost…

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Episode 113: The Season of .NET MAUI 37:08

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Show Notes Whether it's summer or winter where you live, one thing is for certain - it's the season of .NET MAUI! Tune in for the latest and greatest in Azure, Visual Studio, and .NET MAUI news. New releases .NET Community Toolkit 8.0 Visual Studio 17.3 Visual Studio Mac 17.3 Visual Studio 17.4 Preview 1 Latest News .NET MAUI – Learn Live! .NET Con…

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Episode 112: We're Back From Vacation! 38:30

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Show Notes We may have missed a month out on vacation - but we're back better than ever with the latest installment of the .NET MAUI podcast! New releases .NET MAUI Updates .NET MAUI ecosystem shipping libraries! Sentry GoogleMaps SkiaSharp Views Steema Charts Community Toolkit Serilog .NET MAUI SR3 Visual Studio preference improvements [Visual Stu…

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Episode 111: Aloha .NET MAUI 31:42

3+ y ago31:42

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Show Notes It's out - it's GA - move all your apps now. .NET MAUI is released. New releases .NET MAUI Update .NET MAUI Learning Path .NET MAUI website Let's Learn .NET MAUI .NET MAUI Samples Latest News Migrating to .NET MAUI blogs number 1 Migrating to .NET MAUI blog number 2 Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Tw…

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Episode 110: RELEASE CANDIDATE! 18:46

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Show Notes .NET MAUI RC is here. I don't need to say any more. New releases .NET MAUI RC Visual Studio for Mac Preview 9 .NET MAUI Workshop Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub David: Twitter, GithubBy Microsoft

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Episode 109: .NET MAUI (preview 14) is Released! 42:54

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Show Notes Another month, another step closer to the .NET MAUI GA! Join James, David and Matt to hear about the latest bits being added to .NET MAUI. Plus learn all about using GitHub Actions as a .NET developer, the latest on Azure, and of course, the pick of the pod! New releases .NET MAUI Preview 14 Visual Studio for Mac Updates ...and hot off t…

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Episode 108: Buddy App 33:41

3+ y ago33:41

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Another customer success story - this time a Xamarin app that helps those in the construction industry with mental health. Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHubBy Microsoft

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Episode 107: .NET MAUI Preview ... Number 13! 38:39

3+ y ago38:39

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Show Notes Can you believe we're on .NET MAUI Preview 13? As David says, we're getting so close to release he can almost taste it! Plus we have other great news about Visual Studio - including the best Visual Studio feature ever - and a special Let's Learn .NET all about Git and GitHub. New releases .NET MAUI update Visual Studio 17.1 out! Latest n…

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Episode 106: Customer Success Stories: ONNX 34:53

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We're back at it again with a customer success story. In this episode, learn how you can use the ONNX runtime to add in on-device machine learning to your apps. Show Notes Machine Learning in .NET with ONNX Runtime ONNX Runtime Microsoft ONNX Runtime GitHub ONNX GitHub ONNX Model Zoo Netron Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Po…

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Episode 105: Not One But Two .NET MAUI Previews! 48:54

3+ y ago48:54

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Show Notes Can you believe there were 2 .NET MAUI previews since our last episode? Come on in and listen and David Ortinau breaks all of the newness down. And we have more on the latest releases of Visual Studio and the latest Azure news too! New releases .NET MAUI Preview 11 .NET MAUI Preview 12 New .NET MAUI documentation Visual Studio 17.1 Previ…

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Episode 104: ScreenMedia 50:22

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Another customer success story! ScreenMedia develops apps for a multitude of customers and find out how much fun they're having. Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHubBy Microsoft

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Episode 103: 2021 - It Was a Good One 30:51

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Show Notes Join Matt & James as they review the new .NET MAUI features, how to author Visual Studio extensions and the latest Azure news. New releases dot.net available in 2 new languages Latest news Writing Visual Studio Extensions made even easier VSIX Cookbook Everything you wanted to know about Onnx MobCat GitHub Cloud news Tune Azure Storage u…

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Episode 102: M365 Admin App 42:11

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It's another customer success story! This time learn how the M365 team created an app that allows you to administer your M365 instance on the go! Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHubBy Microsoft

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Episode 101: .NET 6 Is On The Loose 46:17

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Show Notes James, David, and Matt go over .NET 6 and .NET Conf and all the goodness! New releases .NET MAUI Update .NET 6 Release Visual Studio 2022 VS 2022 UI Upgrades Personalize Docs in VS2022 C# 10 Latest news Journey to accessible apps Xamarin platform updates Cloud news Azure Container Apps Azure service of the month Azure Form Recognizer Fol…

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Episode 100: Preview-Mania 32:56

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Show Notes All the previews and release candidates you could ever want. .NET 6 RC 2 - the final RC. .NET MAUI Preview 9, Visual Studio RC and Preview 5 - there's even a Visual Studio for Mac preview to talk about! Tune in as David and Matt talk all about the previews! New releases .NET MAUI Update VS 2022 Mac Preview 1 VS 2022 Release Candidate and…

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Episode 99: Azure IoT 38:59

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We have a special show today where we're going to learn all about Azure IoT and a Xamarin app that helps you explore it. Stefan Wick, Rido Minguez Pablos, and Ben Buttigieg join us to tell us about the app and Azure IoT. Show Notes Azure IoT Azure IoT Central Azure IoT Hub Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitte…

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Episode 98: The Ultimate .NET MAUI Update 44:19

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Show Notes .NET 6 release candidate is out ... and that means there's big news around .NET MAUI. Tune in to find out what David Ortinau has to say! New releases .NET MAUI update .NET 6 release candidate 1 Visual Studio 2022 preview 4 Latest news .NET Conf Azure service of the month Azure Monitor Cloud news Azure Monitor .NET SDK Azure Cosmos DB end…

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Episode 97: The New .NET MAUI Podcast 48:24

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Show Notes Can you believe it - the Xamarin Podcast is now the .NET MAUI Podcast?!? New name - same great flavor! We talk about .NET, Visual Studio, Azure, and of course .NET MAUI! This month there's a new preview of .NET MAUI, a bunch of Visual Studio updates, news on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit and Essentials, and of course more Azure than yo…

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Episode 96: The Final Xamarin Podcast 31:40

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Show Notes It's over. Done. Final. Caput. No more. This is the last Xamarin podcast ever. What's going to happen next month? Tune in to find out. But also tune in to find out about the latest updates on .NET MAUI, Visual Studio 2022, what happened to the Xamarin Forums, and learn how to use Chromecast from your Xamarin apps! New releases Visual Stu…

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Episode 95: Sketch 360 42:11

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Another story of an app built with Xamarin! This time find out about a unique app that takes advantage of the Surface Duo to let you create 360 degree drawings! Download the Sketch 360 app Sketch 360 GitHub repo Microsoft Garage project More info about Sketch 360 for Surface Duo Surface Duo documentation Follow Us: Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub…

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Episode 94: MORE .NET MAUI 39:08

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Show Notes Can you believe it - Build has come and gone and there's so much goodness to talk about with .NET MAUI - and David Ortinau is back to fill us all in. Plus we have the latest updates on the updates to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Mac and how to make your Xamarin.Forms apps more accessible and beautiful. And there's some great cloud new…

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Episode 93: Blackbaud 47:29

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Another customer success story! This time find out how Blackbaud started from no Xamarin experience to delivering a complexing mobile payment terminal to help nonprofits - even with bindings to hardware! Follow Us: Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHubBy Microsoft

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Episode 92: May 2021 - It's Almost Build Time! 35:58

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This month James & Matt welcome back David Ortinau from an update on .NET MAUI and all the other goodness that you expect. Show Notes New releases Visual Studio v16.10 Preview 2 Visual Studio 2022 Update Cascadia Code Latest news Xamarin accessible apps The Journey to Accessible Apps Accessible apps on the Xamarin Show Xamarin Community Toolkit upd…

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Episode 91: LivePerson 37:02

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It's another customer story - this time find out how LivePerson enables apps to talk with a live person in customer support scenarios. Show Notes Find out more about LivePerson WebRTC on iOS Follow Us: Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHubBy Microsoft

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Episode 90: .NET MAUI Q&A 52:48

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David Ortinau sites down with us to answer a TON of listener questions on .NET MAUI. Plus we got some cloud news & of course the Pick of the Pod!! Show Notes Latest news Great looking settings screens for Xamarin.Forms Cloud news Microservice March w/ Let's Learn Microservices Cloud Learning Resources for .NET Devs Azure service of the month! Azure…

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Episode 89: Polaris 44:24

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It's another customer story - and on this podcast hear about the amazing app that pairs with snowmobiles, motorcycles, off-road, and other powersports vehicles. Find out how the developers at Polaris created an app that allows you to find trails, and track your position along the trail - so you can ride safely. And make sure your friends do too. An…

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Episode 88: .NET MAUI Special Update 42:11

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Matt and James are joined by David Ortinau for a special update on .NET MAUI. Plus a whole lot of other updates on new releases of Visual Studio for Mac and Windows, the latest news on the Xamarin Community Toolkit, and an amazing ASP.NET Core Web API series ... yes, we talk web in a Xamarin pod! Show Notes New releases MAUI Update w/ David Ortinau…

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Episode 87: Xamarin Community Toolkit Extravaganza! 37:36

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It's the Xamarin Community Toolkit extravaganza! The toolkit it out! It's glorious! You should use it today because it'll solve all of your Xamarin app development needs! .... or it'll at least make your life a bit easier ... James and Matt talk all about the Community Toolkit, what's all inside of it, and the new video series that goes along with …

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Episode 86: Medusa 43:02

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Tune in to find out how Medusa used Xamarin and Azure to create an app to help the mobile healthcare clinician in the field to capture patient care info! XamCat code samples Medusa Medical Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHubBy Microsoft

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Episode 85: Xamarin.Forms 5 with David Ortinau 47:13

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Xamarin.Forms 5.0 has just been released. And it's all Xamarin.Forms 5 all the time in this special podcast! Principal Program Manager David Ortinau join James and Matt to lead them through all the new exciting bits in Xamarin.Forms 5.0. Show Notes Xamarin.Forms 5 is here! NYE at the Space Needle My Cadence app Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitH…

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Episode 84: American Airlines 32:00

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In this podcast Matt interviews Kiran Gandla and Chandra Poshala from American Airlines about the app that helps keep the airline running. Xamarin and Azure play a big part and our very own MCAT team helped pave the way too! Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub…

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Episode 83: Wrapping up 2020 by looking ahead to 2021! 41:05

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It's the end of the year and in December's podcast James and Matt wrap up 2020 by talking about a cool new app that lets you draw 360 degree sketches with the Surface Duo - made with Xamarin.Forms! Azure Mobile Apps v4.2 is official, there's a brand new Microsoft Q&A site. And you don't want to miss a sneak preview of what's to come with .NET MAUI!…

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Episode 82: iRel8 51:24

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iRel8 is an amazing app built with Xamarin that helps people during the toughest moments in life. iRel8 facilitates mental wellness using Xamarin - find out the heartfelt story behind this app in this episode of the Xamarin podcast. Follow Us: James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub…

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Episode 81: November is for .NET 5 26:01

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This month James and Matt talk about the new Apple silicone, XBox ... and of course some Xamarin and Azure too! .NET 5 is out! And with that there are some great Xamarin enhancements in the latest version of Visual Studio. Find out how to update your Android manifest files so you can still send emails in Android 11. And there's a new version of Azu…

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Episode 80: Seeing AI 28:52

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Seeing AI is an app for iOS that narrates the world around you. And it's built with Xamarin and Azure. In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Matt talks to the folks behind Seeing AI. The history of the app, how it was built, and the challenges and successes encountered along the way. All of this in this episode of the Xamarin Podcast. Download Se…

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Episode 79: October of Releases 31:59

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This month James and Matt talk about all of the new releases that are out and ready for you to code with in October! There's a new iOS. There has to be a new XCode then too. What would another month be without a new Xamarin.Forms preview release be? And this one is Xamarin.Forms 5!! And there's Xamarin.Essentials too! It's not all new releases thou…

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Episode 78: The Oscars 42:44

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In this special episode of the Xamarin Podcast - Matt talks to the folks behind the Oscars app. You'll find out a ton of great insights on how the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences built a Xamarin.tvOS app, lift and shifted their infrastructure to Azure, and released a Xamarin.Forms app too. All with a little help with our friends from M…

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Episode 77: Surface Duo, Android Startup Times, and Xamarin.Essentials 34:01

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This month James and Matt talk about new Microsoft Learn modules on the Surface Duo. The continuing saga of the Xamarin.Forms Shell quick tips. Of course it's a new month and that means there's a new preview version of Visual Studio! Find out all the goodness that goes along with that. If you wanted to detect if your app was run for the first time …