Issue 149

KYM PHILLPOTTS

Happy Easter!

Easter is almost upon us, we have some great links to check out over the Easter break.

I'm sending this out a little early because I'm going camping for the first time with my kids. Wish me luck.

Take care, enjoy the company of your family on the break - and try not to eat too much chocolate!

GETTING STARTED

Learning Xamarin Forms – The XamGirl personal recipe

Charlin Agramonte (XamGirl) shares her tips for getting started with Xamarin development.

Learning Xamarin Forms – The XamGirl personal recipe by Charlin Agramonte

DESIGN

Designing Jank-Free Apps

There is nothing worse than apps that stutter because they take you out of the app experience. Take a look at these tips and considerations for creating Jank-Free apps.

Designing Jank-Free Apps by Nathan Gitter

UI/UX case study for the New York Times app

A very interesting design analysis of the New York Times App... for those of you interested in the design of apps this is a great read.

UI/UX case study for the New York Times app by Johny Vino

ANAYLTICS

Windows and Store trends

This is an interesting site to see that latest trends and data from the Windows store.

Windows and Store trends

TOOLS

New Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS Project Templates

Whether you’re new or a seasoned Xamarin developer, project templates are an important part of the app building journey. They should be easy to find and set you up for success from the start. As such, we’ve updated our Xamarin.Forms project templates in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.

New Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS Project Templates Now Available by Jimmy Garrido

Learning Git with Visual Studio

Knowing Git is essential. But becoming a master is hard. This is the first in a series of blog posts on using Git within Visual Studio!

Learning Git with Visual Studio #1 by Patrick Yong

IOS

iOS Universal Links in Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET Core

Universal Links are a great way in iOS to create a more seemless experience for the user between a website and an app. The concept has already been around since iOS9 and is well documented, but I wanted to see how this works together with Xamarin.Forms. Turns out, it’s pretty easy!

iOS Universal Links in Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET Core by Marco

Debugging Xamarin Open Source Frameworks: Part 2, Xamarin.iOS

This is the second part in a four-part series. In the first post, we covered building Xamarin.Forms from the source and then stepping into and debugging that code. In this post, we’ll explore the same principles for Xamarin.iOS. Parts 3 and 4 will discuss Xamarin.Android and Mono, respectively.

Debugging Xamarin Open Source Frameworks: Part 2, Xamarin.iOS by Jon Goldberger