Issue 266

KYM PHILLPOTTS

Wow, we are already half way through the year. Where does the time go. This month we have some great posts on the new Shapes feature, more WWDC reviews and great Xamarin.Forms posts.

NEWS

Virtual Events for Xamarin and .NET in July

With life gone virtual, there are tons of new ways to take your development skills to the next level! Here are just a few of the amazing online events, streams, and videos to tune into this July.

Virtual Events for Xamarin and .NET in July : Xamarin Blog by Jayme Singleton

DESIGN

Skeuomorphic comeback?

Will the new Apple Human Interface Guidelines bring back a resurgence in skeuomorphic design? I for one can't wait to get back my leather-bound notepad application icons.

The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design by Michael Flarup

ANAYLTICS

Code Snippets for App Center Analytics

If you use App Center then you'll appreciate these code snippets provided by Kirk.

Xamarin Month: Code Snippets for App Center Analytics by Kirk

TOOLS

Simplifying Grids In Xamarin.Forms

Grids have a delightful new syntax available in Xamarin.Forms 4.7 and it's also supported by everyones favorite Xamarin.Forms extension mFractor.

Simplifying Grids In Xamarin.Forms by Matthew Robbins

IOS

WWDC 2020 Viewing Guide

If you are looking for a summary of the best sessions to watch from WWDC2020, then look no further. Keith Harrison gives you his recommendations.

WWDC 2020 Viewing Guide by Keith Harrison

XAMARIN FORMS

Tips and tricks working with Shapes

Javier shares some tips and tricks with working with the new Shapes in Xamarin.Forms 4.7. More specifically he provides some tools you can use to visually design shapes.

[Xamarin.Forms] Tips and tricks working with Shapes by Javier Suárez Ruiz

Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Pizza Shop

Pizza is like the entire food pyramid. And this Xamarin UI Challenge, like our friend the pizza, has lots of delicious ingredients including animations, transitions, custom buttons, fonts and a sprinkle of SkiaSharp. Nom Nom.

Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Pizza Shop by Kym Phillpotts

Building a Rating Control using Xamarin.Forms Shapes

In this blog post Daniel will show how you can use Xamarin.Forms and Shapes to create a rating control without using an external library.

Building a Rating Control using Xamarin.Forms Shapes by dhindrik

Create a Colorful Geometric Background using Xamarin.Forms Shapes

Xamarin recently added new functionality for developers to build mobile apps: Xamarin.Forms Shapes. As the name suggest, it allows developers to create shapes without being restricted to rectangles or ellipses.

Create a Colorful Geometric Background using Xamarin.Forms Shapes by Marco