CODE
Marvel Heroes Design
For those of you into UI Design implementations, check out this nice Marvel Super Hero design in Xamarin.Forms
DESIGN
The Journey to Accessible Apps
It is always the right time to make your apps more inclusive. Get started on your journey to developing inclusive apps today.
The Journey to Accessible Apps | Xamarin Blog by Rachel Kang
5 Rules for Designing App Get More Referrals
In this post, we'll explore what you can do as a designer to get more users to first locate your referral program details and then share it with others.
5 Rules for Designing App Get More Referrals by Suzanne Scacca
How to Design a Great App Icon: What You Need to Know
Learn how to create the perfect app icon, from design considerations to the tools you need, to the building process.
How to Design a Great App Icon: What You Need to Know by Michael Flarup
TOOLS
Xamarin Tools to use in 2021
Choosing the right tools and resources can make all the difference in being a productive and effective developer. So, what are all the tools and libraries you should be using to build your Xamarin apps in 2021?
IOS
Universal AppLinks on iOS
I was lucky to be tasked to get Universal AppLinks working, for a cool feature in the TrackMan Golf App I work on at work. I thought this would be super easy to do. But, oh how naive and wrong I was.
Adventures in ARKit - image detection
David continues his exploration of ARKit, this time focusing on image detection.
Download Data Streams to a File in the Background with Xamarin iOS
How to Download Data Streams to a File in the Background with Xamarin iOS using, notify progress handle errors etc
Download Data Streams to a File in the Background with Xamarin iOS - Cool Coders by Damien Doumer
How to fix: Visual Studio for Mac: No SDK found at specified location?
If you have seen the error on your Mac which says: "No SDK found at specified location" you might want to try these suggestions.
How to fix: Visual Studio for Mac: No SDK found at specified location? by Almir Vuk
Understanding iOS Image Assets
When developing apps you'll come to the point where you'll need to deal with image assets. No matter how crudiest the UI could be, you'll probably need some icons or small image resources to compose your layouts. In this post we'll explore how image assets works on iOS.
XAMARIN FORMS
Calling methods in your View from your ViewModel using Action-Invokes
Executing ViewModel methods from Xamarin Forms Pages is easy, but how can Page methods be called inside ViewModels?
Calling methods in your View from your ViewModel using Action-Invokes | by The First Prototype | Apr, 2021 | Medium by Saamer Mansoor
Replicating a Facebook Like UI in Xamarin
In this blog post, we'll be replicating a Facebook UI in Xamarin.Forms. The Facebook app contains some basic modules like a login page, timeline/wall page, profile page, and some other pages for modifying the settings and creating commercial pages.
Replicating a Facebook Like UI in Xamarin | Syncfusion Blogs by Selva Ganapathy Kathiresan
Are You Starting Xamarin Forms? Let's Create a Simple UI
Let's create a simple UI together, refining our XAML skills and practicing navigating Xamarin Forms.
Are You Starting Xamarin Forms? Let's Create a Simple UI by Leomaris Reyes
Selectable text with no context menu in Xamarin Forms
Custom control to allow the user to select parts of the text without displaying the context menu (with options to copy, select all etc.).
Selectable text with no context menu in Xamarin Forms by Klaudia Bronowicka
MAUI
Getting Started With .NET Maui - First Impressions
A simple walk through of getting your first Maui application built and running.
Getting Started With .NET Maui - First Impressions by Rakeshkumar Desai
Step-by-Step Guide To Building .NET Multi-platform App (MAUI)
In this article, Suthahar explains how to create your first hello world app using the MAUI application.
Xamarin : Step-by-Step Guide To Building .NET Multi-platform App (MAUI) using Visual Studio 2019 Preview 16.10 by Suthahar Jegatheesan
Sands of MAUI: Issue #5
Episode 5 of this excellent MAUI updates blog. Welcome to the Sands of Maui-newsletter style issues dedicated to bringing together latest .NET MAUI content relevant to developers.
PODCASTS & VIDEOS
Implement Drag & Drop in Your Xamarin.Forms App
Xamarin.Forms now has the DragGestureRecognizer and DropGestureRecognizer, enabling you to implement drag and drop in your apps! In this video we will see how to get started with adding drag and drop to your app and enriching the data that you're transporting.
Implement Drag & Drop in Your Xamarin.Forms App by Gerald Versluis
Xamarin Quick Tips: Font Icon Embedding
This video will show you can use Font Awesome to create vector icons in your Xamarin.Forms app.
The Xamarin Podcast Episode 91: LivePerson
It's another customer story - this time find out how LivePerson enables apps to talk with a live person in customer support scenarios.
The Xamarin Podcast Episode 91: LivePerson by The Xamarin Podcast
Merge Conflict: 249: A Beautiful Disaster
WWDC 21 is officially happening and we sit down to speculate on what we think will be announced and reflect on some of our favorite tech devices we have been able to program on.
Merge Conflict: 250: To The Moon
We celebrate our 250th episode by answering as many questions as we can from YOU, our listeners!
Xamarin.Forms Shell Login Page Flow
We are back to Xamarin.Forms navigation with Shell. This time taking your request directly to do a login flow with URL based navigation. We start off login in users and then popping them into the main app and allowing them to log out. With Xamarin.Forms Shell it can be easily accomplished.
App In The Cloud - Live - .NET MAUI and Mobile Blazor Bindings
Daniel is looking on the Preview 3 of .NET MAUI and continuing to work on his app using Mobile BLazor Bindings.
App In The Cloud - Live - .NET MAUI and Mobile Blazor Bindings by Daniel Hindrikes
Video in Your Xamarin.Forms App with MediaElement
Audio and video are big parts of apps nowadays. If you need to add those in your Xamarin.Forms app, you can do so with the MediaElement. MediaElement is a part of the Xamarin Community Toolkit and allows you to play media from remote URLs to embedded sources and anything in between.
Video in Your Xamarin.Forms App with MediaElement by Gerald Versluis
User Stopped Typing Behavior (Xamarin Community Toolkit)
If you've ever needed to implement a search bar, you will know the hassle of implementing this functionality. You don't want to send every keystroke to your backend! So, once again, you take some Canc
User Stopped Typing Behavior (Xamarin Community Toolkit) by The Xamarin Show
Null Pointers 49: Authentication
Authenticating a user is often more than meets the user's eye. In this episode, we discuss the challenges, options and our experiences with said topic. We dive into some OAuth, do our best to pronounce Auth0 and discover the passcode to Geralds top-secret studio vault.
Xamarin Forms to Maui with Gerald Versluis
.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.
Xamarin Forms Shadow Animation
A nice short video on how to create animated shadows using Xamarin.Forms and Shapes.