In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, James and Pierce fill you in on the latest Xamarin news, including how to integrate ads and in-app purchases into your mobile apps, migrating to .NET Standard, planet-scale apps with Cosmos DB, and more!
4:00 - Cool apps built with Xamarin recently
7:30 - Azure Cosmos DB
14:30 - App monetization with ads + in-app purchases in Xamarin apps
20:30 - Last Xamarin Dev Days dates + locations for this year announced
23:00 - Migrating your Xamarin.Forms apps to .NET Standard
29:15 - New updates to Plugins for Xamarin
32:40 - Try out the latest Xamarin previews for Visual Studio and Xamarin.Forms
36:50 - Tool/Package of the Podcast
Show Links:
Case Study: Aggreko (https://blog.xamarin.com/aggreko-provides-power-temperature-control-apps-global-audience-xamarin-azure/)
Case Study: Minnesota Twins (https://blog.xamarin.com/minnesota-twins-hits-home-run-cloud-powered-scouting-apps/)
Going Global with Xamarin and Azure Cosmos DB (https://blog.xamarin.com/going-global-xamarin-azure-cosmos-db/)
Azure Cosmos DB (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cosmos-db/)
Join us at a Xamarin Dev Days near you (https://www.xamarin.com/dev-days)
Building Xamarin.Forms Apps with .NET Standard (https://blog.xamarin.com/building-xamarin-forms-apps-net-standard/)
The Xamarin Show: Upgrading Xamarin.Forms to .NET Standard (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/Snack-Pack-15-Upgrading-to-XamarinForms-to-NET-Standard)
Visual Studio 15.3 Preview 3 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/)
Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5-pre6 (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/93181/pre-release-xamarin-forms-2-3-5-256-pre6/p1)
Media Manager Plugin (https://blog.xamarin.com/play-audio-and-video-with-the-mediamanager-plugin-for-xamarin/)
Version Tracking Plugin (https://github.com/colbylwilliams/VersionTrackingPlugin)
Follow Us:
James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm)
Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan)
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