KYM PHILLPOTTS
XAMARIN FORMS
Create a Wizard View in Xamarin.Forms: A Novice's Guide
A wizard control is an interactive, customizable user interface that can hold more than one page. It is useful in showcasing step-by-step processes, and also helps break a complex task into simple steps. This blog post covers using the Syncfusion Rotator control to create a Wizard flow.
Create a Wizard View in Xamarin.Forms: A Novice's Guide by Paul Anderson
Exploring Keyboard accessibility in Xamarin Forms
When developing Applications it's important to keep in mind that usability and accessibility must be on top of the list of features to add. In this post, we will be learning about keyboard accessibility.
Exploring Keyboard accessibility in Xamarin Forms by Leomaris Reyes
Sharpnado Drag and Drop even moar better
DragAndDropTrigger and DragAndDropDirection - You can now choose if you want to begin the drag and drop with a Pan gesture or a LongPress.
Even better drag and drop with DragAndDropTrigger and DragAndDropDirection by Jean-Marie Alfonsi
Passing data to view models in Xamarin.Forms
Navigation in Xamarin.Forms Shell is based on URIs. Parameters are passed between pages in the query string. Did you know, as an alternative to using the QueryProperty attribute, you can also implement the IQueryAttributable interface. You don't necessarily need to implement either of them in your page class. They work just as well in the class assigned to the page's BindingContext, which is typically your view model.
Animation Effects with Shapes
In this post we will learn how to create cool transition animations with Shapes and Xamarin.Forms.
How To Add Animation Effects To Xamarin.Forms with Shapes | Hacker Noon by Fabricio
MAUI
What's New in .NET MAUI Preview 5
Microsoft continues to enhance .NET MAUI (.NET Multi-platform App UI), improving animations, view transformations and single page templates, along with porting of several UI components from Xamarin.Forms, the mobile dev framework which .NET MAUI is evolving.
What's New in .NET MAUI Preview 5 -- Visual Studio Magazine by David Ramel
Sands of MAUI: Issue #13
Sam Basu wraps up the Maui news of the week, including Preview 5 of MAUI and .NET 6.
REACTIVEUI
TODO List using Reactive UI
Rendy works through a full sample of how to use the Reactive UI framework in Xamarin Forms by creating a ToDo List.
TODO List using Reactive UI in Xamarin Forms - Rendy's Website by Rendy Del Rosario
PODCASTS & VIDEOS
Upload Files with Progress Reporting in Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET
Gerald shows how to upload a file from Xamarin.Forms to an ASP.NET REST API with chunked uploads which enables progress reporting, cancellation and even resuming uploads! All this and more in this new video!
Upload Files with Progress Reporting in Xamarin.Forms and ASP.NET by Gerald Versluis
The Xamarin Podcast Episode 95: Sketch 360
Another story of an app built with Xamarin! This time find out about a unique app that takes advantage of the Surface Duo to let you create 360 degree drawings!
The Xamarin Podcast Episode 95: Sketch 360 by The Xamarin Podcast
Merge Conflict: 259: Photogrammetry
We dive deep into the latest APIs for mapping the physical world with macOS into 3D models.
Null Pointers 58: Remote vs in person conferences
Since early 2020 online conferences have become a thing we have attended, presented, and even organised. So what have our impressions been, and how do we compare them against in-person events? So tune in, and feel free to share your experiences with us on Twitter.