LUCE CARTER
Hey everyone,
Welcome back to another great week here on the newsletter. I thoroughly enjoyed reading, watching and listening to everything featured this week. Thanks as ever to everyone who contributed!
Things are still uncertain around the world, but I hope you are all staying safe and well and have a fantastic weekend!
Luce ♥
DEVOPS
Setup Azure DevOps for efficient Pull Requests
When there are many developers on the same project you need to merge your code to a single branch, but before it’s important to insure that the new feature you just created is done correctly. To check, you need to propose your code as a pull request (PR). In this article Damien explains why doing pull requests are importants and how to configure them through Azure DevOps.
Setup Azure DevOps for efficient Pull Requests by Damien Aicheh
ANDROID
Preparing Apps for Google Play Android 10 Requirements
For the Northern Hemisphere, Summer is here! Which means there are some new requirements coming to Google Play when it comes to publishing your apps. Over years there have been several updates to the requirements for publish new apps. As well as updates to Google Play. This year, it is all about updating your app to target Android 10 (API 29).
Preparing Apps for Google Play Android 10 Requirements by James Montemagno
XAMARIN FORMS
Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Pizza Shop
Our very own Kym Phillpotts is up there with the best when it comes to making beautiful apps! This latest UI challenge will leave you drooling.
Using biometric identification in Xamarin Forms
It’s very likely that some of the applications that you have installed on your device uses fingerprints to simplify authentication before executing certain important or sensitive actions.
Using biometric identification in Xamarin Forms by Leomaris Reyes
Store Data in Google Sheets using Xamarin iOS & Android
There have been questions on StackOverflow asking how to use Google Sheets to store data using Xamarin, as a quick and simple database. After finding no articles online, this author decided to spend a few hours to figure it out.
Store Data in Google Sheets using Xamarin iOS & Android by The First Prototype
Learn How to Fill Text with Images in Xamarin.Forms using Shapes
The release of Xamarin.Forms 4.7 brings with it support for shapes and some really great content is popping up around this. This post from Marco is a perfect example. I had never thought to fill text with images, but this has made me want to try it!
Learn How to Fill Text with Images in Xamarin.Forms using Shapes by Marco Folio
REACTIVEUI
ReactiveUI - On Reactive Programming
A really fascinating article on why you might want to do reactive programming or functional reactive programming. Has a great code sample to help articulate the point as well!
MVVMCROSS
Old MVVMCross Xamarin solutions & the looming Android 10 Deadline
Android X is bringing big changes to lot of the core requirements of your app. This means that many projects may need updating to meet these. The popular MVVMCross framework is an example of this. So what can you do? This blog post discusses your options.
Old MVVMCross Xamarin solutions & the looming Android 10 Deadline by The First Prototype
NUGET OF THE WEEK
PancakeView goes v2.0! Here's what's new.
PancakeView 2.0 is here! This post outlines what delicious new features and improvements are now available.
PancakeView goes v2.0! Here's what's new. by Steven Thewissen
PODCASTS & VIDEOS
8: (Mobile) Security – Null Pointers
In this episode, we share some things we know about security in general, but also specific to mobile apps. Gerald had a hacking incident on one of his web apps which triggered us to explore what we actually know about security. It’s quite easy to make a mistake, and the internet is very unforgiving, people (or bots?) will exploit it in no time. Other than that we talk about SQL injection, open redirects, Have I Been Pwned, certificates and more!
The Xamarin Podcast Episode 75: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7
This month James and Matt run down the rest of the great features in Xamarin.Forms 4.7 including how it helps you manage light and dark themes, eliminates the need for James' image circle plug-in, and makes writing Grid row and column definitions so, so, so much easier.
The Xamarin Podcast Episode 75: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7
App Center + App Insights = Better Together | The Xamarin Show
This week, James is joined by John Thiriet live from France who shows off how he combined the power of App Center Analytics with Application Insights. This combination gives crazy insight into your application when it is live. John shows off how to set it up and how to start to write queries today.
App Center + App Insights = Better Together | The Xamarin Show by James Montemagno
Merge Conflict: 209: Working from Home
Work from home, work from office, work from coffee shop.... we discuss.
RELEASES
Improvments to TinyInsights
TinyInsights 1.1.7 is out and with it come some improvements. In this post, Daniel summarises what has changed and why.