Xamarin Docs What's New (April 2020)

Welcome to what's new in Xamarin docs for April 2020. Listed below are some of the recent docs we've published.

Xamarin.Forms 4.6

Xamarin.Forms 4.6 was released in April, and includes the following new content:

• Expander (since moved to Xamarin Community Toolkit)
• RadioButton
• C# markup (since moved to Xamarin Community Toolkit)
• Respond to system theme changes
• AppThemeBinding markup extension
• BindableLayout: EmptyView support
• Create a circle on a Map
• WebView cookies
• iOS platform-specific: SearchBar style
• iOS platform-specific: FlyoutPage shadow
• iOS platform-specific: Modal page presentation style (updates)
• Shell: Default template for FlyoutItems update
• Shell: Style FlyoutItem and MenuItem objects
• Shell: Backwards navigation
• Device.GetNamedColor
• Open and close a SwipeView programmatically
• CarouselView: Context menus

Other

The following content is new:

• Xamarin.Forms: Experimental flags
• Xamarin.Forms: Generics in XAML
• Xamarin.Essentials: WebAuthenticator
• Android: Apply changes
• Android: Layout diagnostics
• Android: Designer diagnostic analyzers
• iOS: UIWebView deprecation

The following content has received significant updates:

• Xamarin.Forms: Resource dictionaries
• Xamarin.Forms: WPF platform setup
• Cross-platform: Connect to local web services from iOS simulators and Android emulators
• Android: Set up device for development
• Android: Publishing to Google play

Community contributors

We'd like to recognize the following people, who've contributed to Xamarin docs since our last release notes:

• breyed - Edward Brey (3)
• yoichinak - Yoichi Nakamura (2)
• Afanyiyu - Il Harper (1)
• bdgza (1)
• campersau (1)
• dannycabrera - Danny Cabrera (1)
• fzany - Olorunfemi Ajibulu (1)
• Happypig375 - Hadrian Tang (1)
• khalidabuhakmeh - Khalid Abuhakmeh (1)
• mallibone - Mark Allibone (1)
• nschonni - Nick Schonning (1)
• pulimento - Javi Pulido (1)
• robertleeblairjr - Robert Blair (1)
• Saturn - Patrick McMichael (1)
• Stayrony - Ana Mi (1)

Thank you! You can learn how to contribute by reading the Contributor guide.