Issue 335

KYM PHILLPOTTS

G'day everyone, welcome to issue #335 of Weekly Xamarin - an wrap-up of what's happening in the Xamarin and MAUI communities.

As we all settle into the new year, there has been a MAUI preview 12 release! Time to get stuck into that and investigate all the goodness.

Have a app-tastic week.

Kym

CODE

Managing State in Comet

2nd part of the Comet series by David - this time digging into managing state in Comet with an overview of MVU.

Managing State in Comet by David Ortinau

DESIGN

Lottie Animations by Iconscout

A library of over 10,000 Lottie Animations for you to enhance your designs. Not free, but a good collection.

Lottie Animations by Icon Scout

XAMARIN FORMS

Replicating an App Login Screen in Xamarin.Forms

In this UI design, we have two separate pages for validating email and password.

Replicating an App Login Screen in Xamarin.Forms by Leomaris Reyes

Scanning and analyzing invoices using Xamarin.Forms and Azure

How to easily scan and extract data from invoices using Azure Form Recognizer and Xamarin.Forms.

Scanning and analyzing invoices using Xamarin.Forms and Azure by Andreas Nesheim

MAUI

What Is Single Project in .NET MAUI?

The .NET MAUI single project makes resource management across platforms a breeze—upload in one place, and it takes care of the rest!

What Is Single Project in .NET MAUI? by Leomaris Reyes

MAUI: Hello World

This blog post covers getting up and running with a new MAUI project.

MAUI: Hello World by Boguslaw Blonski

Deep Introduction to .NET MAUI Handlers Architecture

One of the greatest improvements MAUI brings is to replace renderers by handlers. Here is an introduction to .NET MAUI handlers.

Deep Introduction to .NET MAUI Handlers Architecture by Damien Doumer

Edit Local Images/Text from a .NET MAUI Blazor Hybrid App

With .NET 6 and the latest Visual Studio 2022 preview, developers can create a hybrid Blazor/.NET MAUI app that can work with local machines in ways that ordinary Blazor (web) apps can't.

Blazor code can now browse local file systems and open up local files and edit them in native Windows apps, for example.

Edit Local Images/Text from a .NET MAUI Blazor Hybrid App by David Ramel

Sands of MAUI: Issue #40

Sam breaks down all the MAUI News

Sands of MAUI: Issue #40 by Sam Basu

Exploring Multi-window Apps in .NET MAUI Preview 11

Continuing to explore the Multi-Window aspects of .NET MAUI, Michael looks into opening and closing windows programmatically.

Exploring Multi-window Apps in .NET MAUI Preview 11 - Michael Ridland by Michael Ridland

Build a game like Space Invaders using .NET Maui

Learn how to build a game like Space Invaders using .NET Maui preview. You will learn about new components an some differences between Maui.Graphics.Skia verses SkiaSharp in Xamarin.Forms.

Build a game like Space Invaders using .NET Maui by Jon Nichols

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

Prism and Other Client Technologies with Brian Lagunas

What's your UX strategy? Carl and Richard talk to Brian Lagunas about his work on Prism, the UX framework that works WPF, Xamarin, and now the Uno Platform to build good-looking, consistent UX experiences. Brian talks about the challenges around simplifying the UX experience enough to make it easy to do the right thing, while still having enough functionality to not limit what your applications can do. The conversation also dives into web UX challenges and some of the tools that Brian has been working on for Infragistics in the same space.

Prism and Other Client Technologies with Brian Lagunas by .NET Rocks!

Merge Conflict: 289: App Publishing Road Blocks

Frank is in a rush to try to get out an app into the app store in record time, but he runs up against those bumps that we have talked about so many times. We discuss his biggest road blocks.

Merge Conflict: 289: App Publishing Road Blocks by Merge Conflict

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 104: ScreenMedia

Another customer success story! ScreenMedia develops apps for a multitude of customers and find out how much fun they're having.

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 104: ScreenMedia by .NET MAUI Podcast

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 105: Not One But Two .NET MAUI Previews!

Can you believe there were 2 .NET MAUI previews since our last episode? Come on in and listen and David Ortinau breaks all of the newness down.

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 105: Not One But Two .NET MAUI Previews! by .NET MAUI Podcast

.NET MAUI MVU With Comet: Getting Started in VS Code

MVU (Model-View-Update) is a (new) design pattern that became popular because of SwiftUI and Flutter. Now it's also available for C# and .NET. More specifically, you can use it with .NET MAUI and build great cross-platform apps with it. Want to learn more and see how to get started? Watch this!

.NET MAUI MVU With Comet: Getting Started in VS Code by Gerald Versluis

gRPC in MAUI apps part 2.

Use gRPC in MAUI XAML Android and iOS Apps

gRPC in MAUI apps part 2. The .NET Show with Carl Franklin Ep 17 by Carl Franklin

Push Notifications: The Big Picture

When I made the videos on how to implement push notifications, a lot of people had questions about how push notifications actually work. So I made a little video to talk about the logistics of push notifications; how they work and what to take into account. Hope this helps!

Push Notifications: The Big Picture by Gerald Versluis

Animating Controls in .NET MAUI & Xamarin.Forms

Have you been looking to add some pizzaz to your .NET MAUI & Xamarin.Forms apps? Look no further than the built in animation system in these frameworks. You can easily add simple animations in code in just a few lines of code, you can chain multiple animations together, or create your own custom animation and synchronize it with your MVVM code.

Animating Controls in .NET MAUI & Xamarin.Forms by James Montemagno

Shell for .NET MAUI & Xamarin.Forms

Today we look at exactly what Xamarin.Forms & .NET MAUI Shell are and why you may want to consider it for your application. We explain the history of shell, the structure it brings to your app, and features including simplified navigation with urls, and much more.

🐚 Shell for .NET MAUI & Xamarin.Forms - What, why, and how?!?! by James Montemagno

Null Pointers 77: Creating Games with Xamarin Forms

In this weeks episode we talk about making stunning mobile apps. Shaun tells us how he created Super Wordsearch with the help of tools like Skia Sharp and Lottie while using Xamarin Forms.

77: Creating Games with Xamarin Forms by Null Pointers

RELEASES

Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 12

.NET MAUI Preview 12 has shipped with lots of quality improvements, plus new features for Shell and dependency injection.

Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 12 by David Ortinau

Facebook SDK v12.2 for Xamarin.iOS Now Available

Facebook SDK is now available for Xamarin developers offering updates to CoreKit, LoginKit, ShareKit, GamingServiceKit, and AudienceNetwork.

Facebook SDK v12.2 for Xamarin.iOS Now Available by Israel Soto