Issue 229

KYM PHILLPOTTS

Some weeks Friday just comes around too soon!

But that just means it's almost the weekend and time for another WeeklyXamarin issue to check out.

Without further ado, please enjoy your weekend and this issue.

❤️

Kym

GETTING STARTED

GraphQL with .Net Core & Xamarin

Bas De Cort is starting a series of blog posts on getting started with GraphQL for Xamarin developers. If you are interested in such things, you should follow along.

GraphQL with .Net Core & Xamarin by Bas De Cort

CODE

Opt-out of Dark Mode on iOS, Android, UWP, and macOS

Everyone can't stop talking about dark mode now that iOS 13 and Android 10 are officially released. But maybe your app isn't ready, or you don't want to support dark mode. Well, James (as always) is here to help out.

Opt-out of Dark Mode on iOS, Android, UWP, and macOS by James Montemagno

OPEN SOURCE

brminnick/HackerNews

A little open-source app from Brandon Minnick that uses Text Analytics API from Microsoft Cognitive Services to analyze the sentiment of each headline of HackerNews. If a headline is happy, 😀 will appear. If a headline is sad, 🙁 will appear. If a headline is neither happy nor sad, 😐 will appear.

brminnick/HackerNews by Brandon Minnick

TOOLS

Transporter Now Available on the Mac App Store

Uploading your apps to the App Store via the web site kinda sucks. However, The new Transporter app for macOS makes it easy to upload your binary to App Store Connect.

Transporter Now Available on the Mac App Store

XAMARIN FORMS

Xamarin UI Challenge - Credit Card Checkout

A Xamarin.Forms UI challenge to implement a nice credit card checkout design.

NOTE: Post is in French

Xamarin UI Challenge - Credit Card Checkout by Laurent

Connecting to localhost over HTTPS from simulators and emulators

Most mobile apps consume web services. During the development phase, it’s common to deploy a web service locally and consume it from a mobile app running in a simulator or emulator. Consuming localhost web services that run over HTTP is straight forward enough.

Xamarin: Connecting to localhost over HTTPS from simulators and emulators by David Britch

Xamarin.Forms send and receive SMS

We can easily send SMS from various platforms, but we can’t read SMSs so easily. Android is a bit more forgiving than iOS but turns out there is a way to have iOS receive a one time password (OTP) SMS. Interested, read on...

Xamarin.Forms send and receive SMS by doniald

Drag and drop in Xamarin.Forms (Fixed for Android)

In this article, François shows you how to add a Drag and Drop interaction in your Xamarin.Forms app. All without native component or Custom Renderers.

Drag and drop in Xamarin.Forms (Fixed for Android) by François Raminosona

iOS 13 modal presentation styles

Matt Crombie investigates some of the new modal presentation styles in iOS 13 and how they can break your apps. But he also has some solutions for you as well.

Controlling iOS 13 modal presentation styles in Xamarin.Forms by Matt Crombie

Building an Accordion In Xamarin Forms

A fairly common scenario for UI's is to have an expanding section (or accordion view) as it's sometimes known. In this post Doumer covers one method of implementing this UI in Xamarin.Forms.

Building an Accordion In Xamarin Forms by Doumer

Replicating Facebook Profile UI in Xamarin Forms

Leomaris built a Facebook Profile UI in Xamarin.Forms. As always, if you want to get better at UI development with Xamarin.Forms it's a good to have a go at reproducing UI's. Practice makes perfect.

Replicating Facebook Profile UI in Xamarin Forms by Leomaris Reyes

Issue 229 18th October 2019