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KYM PHILLPOTTS

Wow. These newsletters keep getting later and later. Sorry about that. I'll be caught up when Ignite 2021 finishes. ;-)

As always lots of great community content, but make sure you check out the video of David Ortinau and Maddy Leger talk about Maui and .NET 6.

Have a great week everyone

♥

Kym

BUSINESS & MARKETING

Considerations for selecting fonts during iOS & Android development

Check the custom fonts used in your apps to avoid lawsuits

Considerations for selecting fonts during iOS & Android development by Saamer Mansoor

TOOLS

Freeing up space for Xamarin Developers

Sometimes we need to free up disk space, here you'll find lots of tips especially for Xamarin Developers.

Clean up my mac and free space for Xamarin Developers - dotnetco.de by Kai Wilzer

XAMARIN FORMS

Implementing Dark & Light Modes

With modern mobile devices supporting both dark & light modes, users expect applications to respect those settings. Since Xamarin.Forms version 4.6.0.967, we can easily add support to our apps using the AppThemeBinding markup extension. In the blog, I will show you the most interesting parts needed to implement this functionality with a sample application.

Implementing Dark & Light Modes in Xamarin.Forms Apps by Trailhead Technology

Beautiful Tabs with Xamarin Community Toolkit TabView

One of the hardest parts of apps to customize is the tab bar. With the TabView in the Xamarin Community Toolkit, we make this a breeze!

Beautiful Tabs with Xamarin Community Toolkit TabView | Xamarin Blog by Gerald Versluis

Prism Regions in Xamarin Forms

In Prism 8.0, there is a feature called Regions, which gives us a lot of flexibility in handling different views on a page. Let Charlin explain.

Prism Regions in Xamarin Forms by Charlin Agramonte

Bindable Property Snippet

Use bprop to generate commands in ViewModels with this snippet.

Xamarin.Forms: Bindable Property snippet for Visual Studio by András Tóth

Display your Location in OpenStreetMaps

The Syncfusion Maps control for Xamarin has built-in support for external imagery services like OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Bing Maps to visualize satellite, aerial, street, and other map imagery tiles without using shapefiles.

How to Display Current GPS Location in OSM Maps Using Xamarin.Essentials by Sheik Syed

Xamarin App Themes

The theme of your app is what makes it stand out, fit in with your brand identity and create a lasting impression. With Xamarin.Forms it's simple to implement multiple themes and styles, and then use them throughout your application.

Xamarin Let's Build - App Themes by Mike Grant

Push Notifications in Xamarin Forms

Let's learn how to implement push notifications using Xamarin Forms.

How to Use Push Notifications in Xamarin Forms by Leomaris Reyes

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 on Microsoft Surface Duo

Craig and Shane talk about developing dual-screen apps for Surface Duo using Xamarin. There are some new features to talk about with the release of Xamarin.Forms 5.0.

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 on Microsoft Surface Duo by Shane Neuville

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

The future of native app development in .NET 6

What is the future of Maui and .NET 6 for native apps, tune in to this segment at .NET Conf 2021 - Focus on Windows to find out more.

.NET Conf 2021 - Focus on Windows by David Ortinau and Maddy Leger

Turn any Event into a Command

In the final chapter of fully MVVMifying the ListView we are going to take a look at turning events into commands using the Xamarin Community Toolkit! This is a great way to get rid of all of those nasty events or weird data bindings and just call a simple Command!

Turn any Event into a Command in Xamarin.Forms (MVVM All The Things) by James Montemagno

Scan Barcode from Image in Xamarin.Forms with Firebase ML Kit

The most obvious scenario is to scan a barcode through a camera, but what if you have an image that contains a barcode and you want to recognize that? In this video we will learn how to use Firebase ML Kit through the BarcodeScanner.XF library to do just that.

Scan Barcode from Image in Xamarin.Forms with Firebase ML Kit by Gerald Versluis

Merge Conflict: 242: Mac Backups, Store Promotion, & Multi-Window Apps with SceneDelegate

No topic is off limits this week as we talk about testing IAP on mac with mac backups, awesome store promotions coming Frank's way and how to build awesome multi-window apps for macOS and iOS and the new SceneDelegate.

Merge Conflict: 242: Mac Backups, Store Promotion, & Multi-Window Apps with SceneDelegate by Merge Conflict

Null Pointers 41: Being Productive

A question we get asked is: how do you have time to do all these things?! Spoiler alert: we have no clue! But we have opinions, tips, points (get it...?) and bad jokes, so we're going to talk about how to be productive and not get distract... Is that a unicorn?!

Null Pointers 41: Being Productive by Null Pointers

DevTalk 57: MvvmCross with Tomasz Cielecki

On this episode of DevTalk Kerry speaks to Tomasz Cielecki aka Cheesebaron about his work on the MvvmCross project and what's coming up in MvvmCross 8.

57: MvvmCross. With Tomasz Cielecki by Kerry Lothrop

Web APIs for Xamarin Developers

This week, James is joined Brady Gaster who is here to talk to use all ASP.NET Core Web API and why it is absolutely awesome for mobile development with Xamarin. He walks us through some best practices, new features, and awesome libraries that we can use to create powerful backends for our apps.

Web APIs for Xamarin Developers | The Xamarin Show by The Xamarin Show

AND FINALLY...

Xamarin Monkey in Space Suit

(photo by Craig Dunn)