BUSINESS & MARKETING
Going Indie a reflection on releasing an app
An interesting timeline story of releasing an application.
Going indie, step 9: Launch an app by Daniel Gauthier
danielgauthier.me
TOOLS
Visual Studio for Mac Run Configurations: Running Multiple Projects at Once
Learn about debugging multiple projects at the same time, which you can easily set up in Visual Studio for Mac with run configurations.
Visual Studio for Mac Run Configurations: Running Multiple Projects at Once by Gerald
verslu.is
Fiddler for Xamarin Devs
Fiddler is the beloved network proxy for countless developers. We look under the covers to explore how Fiddler can benefit mobile developers. Developers should never be in doubt as to what happens in the network stack.
Fiddler for Xamarin Devs by Sam Basu
telerik.com
ANDROID
Visual Studio Debugger Not Working in Xamarin Android
Here are some potential fixes if you are having trouble with the debugger and Xamarin.Android.
DebuggerNotWorking in Xamarin Android by Logesh Palani
blogspot.com
IOS
Quick tip: Handling Dark mode in our iOS App
Howdy!!!💁♀ In this case I just want to give you a quick tip about handling the Dark mode on iOS.
Quick tip: Handling Dark mode in our iOS App by Leomaris
askxammy.com
XAMARIN FORMS
C# Markup Snippets
Vincent loves his code based UI's and in this post that is part of Month of Code Snippets, he shares his favorite C# Markup Snippets.
C# Markup Snippets by Vincent Hoogendoorn
vincenth.net
Convert Xamarin.Forms ImageSource to Native Image
As part of the Xamarin's Month Code Snippets, Alejandro shares a code snippet that he likes to use when creating custom controls for Xamarin.Forms.
Xamarin Month - Code Snippets: Convert Xamarin.Forms ImageSource to Native Image by Alejandro Ruiz
blogspot.com
White Labelling is having an app with a consistent codebase but supporting multiple brands simply by configuring the application with the desired branding.
White Labeling in Xamarin Forms Applications by Charlin Agramonte
xamgirl.com
An Alert From the ViewModel
Quite often we want to send an alert from the view model, but you can only do so from the view. We’ve tackled this problem in the past but we think there is room for a simplified and clear step by step explanation. An Alert From the ViewModel by Jesse Liberty
jesseliberty.com
Create your own circular progress bar using skiasharp
The circular progress bar is a very popular control that designers like to use in mobile apps, also the control popularity it is not a part of the official SDKs for all the mobile platforms (IOS, Android and windows). Here is how to create your own using SKiaSharp.
Create your own circular progress bar using skiasharp by Ahmed Fouad
itnext.io
MVVMCROSS
MvvmCross Code Snippets
Tomasz shares out his favorite MvvmCross code snippets in another Month of snippets post.
MvvmCross Code Snippets by Tomasz Cielecki
ostebaronen.dk
NUGET OF THE WEEK
Vibrancy.Forms
Blur and Vibrancy effects for iOS and iPadOS with Xamarin.Forms... sure, why not!
Installation by Andreas Wäscher
github.com
PODCASTS & VIDEOS
Creating A Custom Side Menu in Xamarin Forms
SwipeView to create a custom side menu that slides to the right and add some awesome animation to it.
Xamarin.Forms SwipeView | Creating A Custom Side Menu in Xamarin Forms by DevCrux Technologies
youtube.com
Merge Conflict 204 - Going Freemium
When the app store first started paid apps were the standard, but now it is all about freemium and subscriptions. James walks through his latest dilemma with his Animal Crossing app and how he tried to figure out if he could profit from a freemium model.
204: Going Freemium by soundbite.fm
mergeconflict.fm
RELEASES
Telerik UI for Xamarin Updates
Telerik just keeps on releasing great new controls. Here is their R2 2020 release.
New Picker Controls, Blazor Bindings, Demo Apps and More in R2 2020 for Telerik UI for Xamarin by Pavel Pavlov
telerik.com
TinyMvvm 2.2 – Shell Navigation Updates
We have mentioned TinyMvvm before. It's got an update which adds support for passing parameters when navigating with ShellNavigationHandler. You can now use both query parameters and passing a object as a parameter.
TinyMvvm 2.2 – Shell Navigation Updates by dhindrik
danielhindrikes.se