Xamarin Docs What's New (December 2019)

Welcome to what's new in Xamarin docs for December 2019. Listed below are some of the recent docs we've published.

Xamarin.Forms 4.4

Xamarin.Forms 4.4 was released in December, and includes the following new content:

• SwipeView
• SwipeView Swipe Transition Mode iOS platform-specific
• SwipeView Swipe Transition Mode Android platform-specific
• IndicatorView
• CollectionView: Context actions
• CarouselView: Display indicators
• Image: Animated GIF support
• Shell: Flyout vertical scroll
• Shell: Enable navigation bar shadow

Other

The following content is new:

• Map: Position and Distance
• Map: Geocoding
• Map: Launch the Native Map App
• Reusable RoundEffect
• Performance: Use asynchronous programming

In addition, we also refreshed the Xamarin.Forms landing page.

The following content has received significant updates:

• Map: Initialization and Configuration
• Map: Map Control
• Map: Pins
• TabbedPage
• String and Image Localization
• Customizing a WebView
• Local Databases
• Azure Notification Hubs
• Azure Active Directory B2C
• Connecting to local web services

Community contributors

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

• Damien Doumer
• Timo Salomäki
• Oberdan Bitencourt Ferreira
• Alex Sorokoletov
• Chad Ramos
• Edward Brey
• Mohamed Elshawaf
• Mark Allibone
• Nick Schonning