Issue 176

KYM PHILLPOTTS

A bit of a quiet week at Weekly Xamarin, but still plenty to share. There are lots of conferences on at the moment (or just finishing) so make sure you keep your eyes out for great content from them going forward.

As always, have a great weekend - and happy coding!

NEWS

Hacktoberfest 2018

It's Hacktoberfest at Microsoft and that means if you make at least one pull request on any Microsoft repo between October 1st – 31st, you’ll receive a limited edition t-shirt designed by Ashley McNamara (Cloud Developer Advocate and graphic designer).

Not only do you get to contribute something to the community, but also you get an awesome shirt.

Win-Win!

BUSINESS & MARKETING

The Evolution of the App Store and the App Business

This is an article from the Readdle team about the changes that have happened in the App Store since it's inception, and what works in 2018.

The Evolution of the App Store and the App Business by Denys Zhadanov

OPEN SOURCE

Xamarin Flutter

Adam Pedley has put together a community effort to see if it's possible to get Flutter running in .NET on top of Xamarin. He put a call out on Twitter to see if anyone wants to help - a great opportunity to help if you can.

adamped/xamarin.flutter

TESTING

Testing Xamarin Applications with Visual Studio App Center

Frequent testing of your software is a key to success. This article walks through different types of testing and how they can be performed using features of App Center.

Testing Xamarin Applications with Visual Studio App Center by Slava Chernikoff

IOS

Application Security Musts for every iOS App

Application security is one of the most important aspects of software development. Users of our apps expect that their pieces of information are being kept private. Our sensitive application data should not be simply given away. In this article, Arlind discusses mistakes that developers make towards app security and how to easily fix them.

Application Security Musts for every iOS App by Arlind Aliu

XAMARIN FORMS

Xamarin - Augmented Reality in Xamarin.Forms

Augmented reality (AR) is quickly emerging as an incredibly useful tool for solving everyday problems. AR is an interactive, reality-based display environment that blends virtual objects with real ones to create an immersive UX.

Xamarin - Augmented Reality in Xamarin.Forms by Rajeev K R

A real HorizontalListView for Xamarin Forms

Jean-Marie Alfonsi has created a really cool horizontal list view. As he mentions:

This item collection is in fact very close in terms of philosophy and implementation to what will provide the future Xamarin CollectionView. So if you need a horizontal list view or a grid view and can't wait for the release, the HorizontalListView is here to fill the gap ;)

A real HorizontalListView for Xamarin Forms by Jean-Marie Alfonsi

Customising the Status Bar using a Bindable Effects

Thiago Bertuzzi shows how you can change the color of the status bar depending on the selected page using an Effect.

NOTE: The post is in portugese, but, you know, just use google translate if you want it in another language.

O X do Xamarin Forms — Personalizando a Status Bar, Bindable Effects by Thiago Bertuzzi

Some tips for better XAML

Marcos has provided a couple of tips for structuring and layout out your XAML.

Xamarin.Forms XAML by Marcos Morian

New Telerik UI for Xamarin Templates

Personally, I don't use Telerik, but was impressed that they continue to push out new Xamarin Visual Studio Item Templates. Powerful and easy to use, these templates allow you to quickly add beautiful feedback and login UI to your Xamarin.Forms application.

Introducing New Telerik UI for Xamarin Visual Studio Item Templates by Lance McCarthy

MVVMCROSS

Intercepting the Android Software Back Button in Xamarin.Forms

An interesting read from Nick Randolph about an investigation of in issue intercepting the back button in a Xamarin.Forms + MvvmCross application running on Android.

Intercepting the Android Software Back Button in Xamarin.Forms by Nick

AZURE

Azure Tips and Tricks

Michael Crump has pulled together the top Azure Tips and Trips from his website into a great little free ebook. I'm sure there is going to be something in there you didn't know!

Azure Tips and Tricks Part 160 - The BEST of Azure Tips and Tricks is now available as a FREE ebook by Michael Crump

Issue 176 5th October 2018