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The Xamarin Show | Snack Pack 8: Visualizing XAML with the Xamarin.Forms Previewer

1,219 views · Published 2 January 2018 · 9:50 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: Microsoft Developer · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Welcome to The Xamarin Show Snack Pack Edition. A Snack Pack is bite sized episode that is focused on a specific topic and covered in just a few minutes. Today, we take a look at the brand new (and in preview) Xamarin.Forms Previewer for Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio.  The Xamarin.Forms Previewer enables you to see your Xamarin.Forms XAML layouts rendered as you type! We will even look at how to visualize design time data using the "ViewModelLocator" approach.

Show Links:

Xamarin.Forms Previewer Documentation: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/xaml/xaml-previewer/
http://motzcod.es/post/143702671962/xamarinforms-xaml-previewer-design-time-data
Source Code Demoed: https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Xamarin.Forms-Monkeys

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