Xamarin Docs What's New (February 2021)

Welcome to what's new in Xamarin docs for February 2021. Listed below are some of the recent docs we've published.

Get started

We updated our get started experience for Xamarin development, which includes the following new content:

• Xamarin.Forms quickstarts
  • Create a Xamarin.Forms application
  • Perform navigation in a Xamarin.Forms application
  • Store data in a local SQLite.NET database
  • Style a cross-platform Xamarin.Forms application
  • Quickstart deep dive
• Xamarin.Forms tutorials
  • CollectionView tutorial

In addition, the following content was significantly updated:

• Web services tutorial

Shell

The Xamarin.Forms Shell content has been refreshed:

• Shell
  • Introduction
  • Create a Xamarin.Forms Shell application
  • Flyout
  • Tabs
  • Pages
  • Navigation
  • Search
  • Lifecycle
  • Custom renderers

Other

The following Xamarin.Forms content was added:

• Xamarin.Forms live visual tree

The following Xamarin.Forms content was updated:

• XAML hot reload for Xamarin.Forms
• Xamarin.Forms in Xamarin native projects
• Xamarin.Forms IndicatorView
• Xamarin.Forms local databases
• Local notifications in Xamarin.Forms
• Consume a RESTful web service
• Display Pop-ups

The following Xamarin.Android content was updated:

• Build items
• Build process
• Build properties

Xamarin community toolkit

The following content was added:

• LazyView

The following content was updated:

• ValidationBehavior
• Shield

Community contributors

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

• Cfun1 - Cfun (1)
• cbartonnh - Carl Barton (1)
• dimonovdd - Dimov Dima (1)
• hatsunea - HATSUNE, Akira (1)
• hot33331 - Tobias Hoppenthaler (1)
• imsodin - Simon Frei (1)
• LuckyDucko - Tyson Elliot Hooker (1)
• paulburlumi - Paul Burlumi (1)
• pictos - Pedro Jesus (1)
• sthewissen - Steven Thewissen (1)
• YoungjaeKim - Youngj

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