Issue 327

KYM PHILLPOTTS

We have another great edition of Weekly Xamarin this week with lots of MAUI goodness. Speaking of great things, this week there is .NET Conf so make sure you have a look at the agenda and try attend some sessions.

Have a great week everyone,

❤

Kym

NEWS

Introducing the .NET Tech Community Forums

James introduces the new .NET Tech Community Forums. This is a place for the community of developers to have deep technical discussions, share how-to's, talk best practices, and more.

Introducing the .NET Tech Community Forums by James Montemagno

ANDROID

Android Debugging With Windows Subsystem for Android

Android Debugging With Windows Subsystem for Android. No emulators required. How to run and debug android apps on windows 11.

Android Debugging With Windows Subsystem for Android by Damien Doumer

IOS

How to save Device Token as NSData type

How to use and save an iOS device-token inside a Xamarin.iOS application using the NSData format.

Xamarin.iOS - How to save Device Token as NSData type by Almir Vuk

Xamarin.Nuke: a Xamarin binding for the iOS image caching library

Nuke is an popular image loading system for iOS, WatchOS, macOS and tvOS. It is written in Swift and all of it is Open Source on GitHub. This article talks about how CheeseBaron created an Xamarin iOS binding for it, based on Sharpnado's Forms bindings

Xamarin.Nuke: a Xamarin binding for the iOS image caching library by Jean-Marie Alfonsi

XAMARIN FORMS

Using State Machine in Xamarin Forms (Part 3)

In this third part of the State Machine series, Xamboy covers how to pass parameters to Triggers.

Using State Machine in Xamarin Forms (Part 3) - Xamboy by Rendy Del Rosario

Building a mobile game in Xamarin Forms - Styling and Resources

Shaun continues his series on building a mobile game in Xamarin.Forms by talking about styling and resources.

Building a mobile game in Xamarin Forms - Styling and Resources by Shaun Lawrence

Range Slider in Xamarin Community Toolkit

RangeSlider is a control which allows picking a range of values instead of a single value as standard Slider does. This control is 100% cross-platform, so it looks the same on all platforms.

Range Slider | Xamarin.Forms | Xamarin Community Toolkit by Andrei Misiukevich

MAUI

Comparing MauiAppBuilder to the WebApplicationBuilder

With the new MauiAppBuilder comes a new way to create applications in .NET, using MauiApp.CreateBuilder(). In this post I compare this approach to previous approaches, discuss why the change was made, and look at the impact.

Comparing MauiAppBuilder to the WebApplicationBuilder by Luis Matos

Why Evolve to .NET MAUI?

Sam lists out the top 10 things look forward to with .NET MAUI.

Why Evolve to .NET MAUI? by Sam Basu

Sands of MAUI: Issue #31

Sam updates us on the weekly happenings in MAUI.

Sands of MAUI: Issue #31 by Sam Basu

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

Get Those Good Reviews for Your Xamarin App with Store Review Plugin

Bad reviews are easy to get, good reviews on the other hand are a lot harder. Why not remind your users a little inside of your app to leave you a review when they like using your app? This is just a single line of code when using the Store Review Plugin. We will see how to use that in your Xamarin Forms app.

Get Those Good Reviews for Your Xamarin App with Store Review Plugin by Gerald Versluis

Reusable Controls and Data Template Selectors in Xamarin.Forms & .NET MAUI

Stop copy and pasting around XAML all over your Xamarin.Forms and .NET MAUI apps and start reusable controls, templates, cells, and component. You can easily create reusable controls inside of ListView, CollectionView, and about anything with an ItemTemplate. You can use these controls anywhere else in your app.

I also cover how to use Data Template Selectors inside of ListView and CollectionView to have dynamic items and controls when scrolling through a list.

Reusable Controls and Data Template Selectors in Xamarin.Forms & .NET MAUI by James Montemagno

Issue 327 7th November 2021