Issue 233

KYM PHILLPOTTS

Hey y'all!

Some good links this week, including a wrap up of all the Xamarin news at Microsoft Ignite.

I'm in the process of renovating my house, so it's going to be a busy weekend, but for the rest of you, have a relaxing weekned ;-)

❤️

Kym

NEWS

All Things Xamarin at Microsoft Ignite 2019

James gives a summary of all the Xamarin things that happened at Microsoft Ignite this year. It's great to see so much excitement and interest in Xamarin.

All Things Xamarin at Microsoft Ignite 2019 by James Montemagno

CODE

Use C# 8 In Any .NET Project Today

C# 8 was officially released in September at .NET Conf along side .NET Core 3 & Visual Studio 16.3 (8.3 on Mac). It is packed with tons of amazing new features that truly everyone should be using. However, there is a lot of confusing as to if you can actually use C# 8 if you aren't using .

Use C# 8 In Any .NET Project Today by James Montemagno

DEVOPS

Build, sign and deploy your Xamarin.iOS application using Azure DevOps and App Center

Damien Aicheh is back writing articles about all things DevOps. In this tutorial, he shows you how to build and sign a Xamarin.iOS application and distribute it through App Center.

How to build, sign and deploy your Xamarin.iOS application using Azure DevOps and App Center by Damien Aicheh

IOS

Using Diffable Data Sources in Xamarin.iOS

Ryan Davis explorers an iOS13 feature for UITableView and UICollectionView data sources called the 'diffable data source'. The aim of diffable data sources is to greatly simplify the interactions between a dataset and UITableView/UICollectionView when changes occur, by allowing UIKit itself to manage the diffing, reload and animation of sections and cells.

Using Diffable Data Sources in Xamarin.iOS by Ryan Davis

XAMARIN FORMS

Getting device media and show it using Xamarin Forms

Rendy extends on a previous article to show how to implement a custom media gallery in Xamarin.Forms.

Getting device media and show it using Xamarin Forms by Rendy

Xamarin Forms Shimmer’s using Xamarin.Forms.Skeleton

Skeleton text is a popular strategy that help to load a content properly by rendering a blank placeholder that roughly matches the size of the expected content. This was made popular by Facebook, but is now used on many popular apps and websites.

Xamarin Forms Shimmer’s using Xamarin.Forms.Skeleton by samirgc

Debugging hiccups in Xamarin and how to overcome them

Luis Pujols shares a few tips and tools to deal with some common issues he's faced in the past.

Debugging hiccups in Xamarin and how to overcome them by Pujolsluis

Infinite Scroll With the Xamarin Forms Collection View

In the bad old days of the ListView if you needed a ListView to do Infinite Scrolling you had to bake it yourself. Little did I know that the CollectionView comes with Infininte Scrolling in the packet. In this article, Damien Doumer shows you how to use this new feature of the CollectionView.

Infinite Scroll With the Xamarin Forms Collection View by Doumer

Issue 233 16th November 2019