Issue 317 22nd August 2021

KYM PHILLPOTTS

Happy Sunday!

Well, I finally got around to installing VS2022 and MAUI this week. Had some success working with Android, but so far not much love on the iOS side of things. I think from here on in, I'm going to start hacking away on MAUI a lot more.

Have a great week everyone,

❤

Kym

ANDROID

Using SafetyNet API in Xamarin.Android

The SafetyNet API allows you to verify that the device your App is running on has not been tampered with. It will check both the hardware and the software to see what the condition it is in.

Using SafetyNet API in Xamarin.Android by Tomasz Cielecki

XAMARIN FORMS

Custom WebView Headers

If you need to pass through custom headers to the WebView then this is post is going to help you out.

Xamarin.Forms Custom WebView Headers (iOS WKWebView + Android WebView) by Toby Field

Making Visual Text Accessible

While screen readers may entirely replace the visual user interface for some, it is important to remember that they are complementary in many cases.

The Journey to Accessible Apps: Making Visual Text Accessible by Rachel Kang

Using State Machine in Xamarin Forms (Part 1)

There is a great .NET library called Stateless, which allow you to use this paradigm to handle states in .NET Apps. In this article Rendy shows you how to use it in a Xamarin Forms App, by handling the states of a video player.

Using State Machine in Xamarin Forms (Part 1) - Xamboy by Rendy Del Rosario

Phone number with mask and validation rules

Learn how to apply masks and validation rules to phone number entries in our forms in Xamarin.Forms. The best and fastest way is to use the library Plugin.ValidationRules.

Phone number with mask and validation rules in Xamarin Forms by Luis Matos

MAUI

.NET MAUI and the MVU Pattern

MAUI is going to have full support for XAML, but it will also have support for the MVU pattern. In this post, Bill Reiss talks about the both the XAML and MVU story.

.NET MAUI and the MVU Pattern by Bill Reiss

Sands of MAUI: Issue #20

Sam keeps us up to date with all things MAUI!

Sands of MAUI: Issue #20 by Sam Basu

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

The New .NET MAUI Podcast

Here it is - the first ever .NET MAUI Podcast! Which is you know ... kinda the same old Xamarin Podcast - but new!!

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 97: The New .NET MAUI Podcast by .NET MAUI Podcast

Ask the Expert: .NET MAUI Community Toolkit

The new .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a collection of common elements for development with .NET MAUI that people tend to replicate across multiple apps. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks when building apps with .NET MAUI. Like the Xamarin Community Toolkit, the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is fully open-source and community supported! Come chat with some of the toolkit's contributors and get your questions answered!

Ask the Expert: .NET MAUI Community Toolkit by Microsoft Developer

From Code-Behind Code to MVVM with XAML and C

You might've heard about MVVM, maybe even grasp the basic concept but how do you move your first code from your code-behind to an actual view model and start using the MVVM pattern? I will show you with a simple example with Xamarin.Forms in this video, but this can be applied to any basically language!

From Code-Behind Code to MVVM with XAML and C# by Gerald Versluis

RELEASES

Telerik adds a DataGrid and Entry for MAUI

Telerik Summer Release for MAUI: DataGrid, Entry & Preview 7 Support

New MAUI Controls: DataGrid and Entry by Telerik