OPEN SOURCE
Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 1
Another community toolkit? Sure, why not!?! This one looks great, with lots of MVVM style enhancements you would have needed to use things like FODY for in the past. Definitely worth a look.
Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 1 by Sergio Pedri
XAMARIN FORMS
C# 10 with Xamarin.Forms
Want to use some of those cool new things like file-scoped namespaces and global usings in your Xamarin.Forms app? Sure.
Boarding Pass UI
How to replicate a boarding pass layout from Dribbble in Xamarin.Forms.
Replicating Boarding Pass UI in Xamarin Forms by Leomaris Reyes
Simple Onboarding
Improve UX using Intro, Tutorial, or Getting Started Screens
Simple Onboarding or Walkthrough Pages in Xamarin iOS & Android by Saamer Mansoor
Draw and Save Signatures in Xamarin.Forms applications
Draw signature, change its stroke color and thickness, export high quality image as PNG or JPEG.
Draw and Save Signatures in Xamarin.Forms applications by Dobrinka Yordanova
Building a mobile game in Xamarin Forms - Shapes, Paths and Converters
Shaun continues his blog about building a game in Xamarin.Forms, this time digging into Converters.
Building a mobile game in Xamarin Forms - Shapes, Paths and Converters by Shaun Lawrence
Learning about Clipboard in Xamarin Forms
Clipboard is something we don't often think about, but something we use all the time and a great way for users to transfer data between applications.
MAUI
Exploring Overlays
In this post Michael digs into WindowOverlays. What are they? How is it implemented natively? How does it maintain state, including during page navigation? When should I use them? How is it related to the traditional navigation style and Shell? What can we use it for?
.NET MAUI - Exploring Overlays - Michael Ridland by Michael Ridland
Organize your .NET MAUI MauiProgram / Startup file
This post discusses best practices for startup/program organization files while developing the .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) project. How we can make it better and how to make it more maintainable.
Organize your .NET MAUI MauiProgram / Startup file by Luis Matos
.NET MAUI Closer Than Ever
An update to some of the newer features of .NET MAUI.
.NET MAUI Closer Than Ever (Discover +5 New Features) by Dotnetsafer
Calculating distance between your device and a location
In Xamarin.Forms showing the distance between two points can be done with Xamarin.Essentials, but in .NET MAUI it’s even easier. The .NET MAUI essentials are built into the framework itself and doesn’t rely on an external package.
Calculating distance between your device and a location with .NET MAUI by Andreas Nesheim
PODCASTS & VIDEOS
.NET MAUI Preview 12: Shell Dependency Injection is Here!
As we're getting closer to GA, the updates get a bit less exciting, but for preview 12 we got some cool Shell features! In this video we will go over what is new in .NET MAUI Preview 12 and specifically I will show you how to work with the new .NET MAUI Shell Dependency Injection!
.NET MAUI Preview 12: Shell Dependency Injection is Here! by Gerald Versluis
Merge Conflict: 290: The .NET MAUI Episode
We answer all of your questions! Which seem to mostly be about .NET MAUI :)
Merge Conflict: 290: The .NET MAUI Episode by Merge Conflict
.NET MAUI Preview 12 - Constructor & Dependency Injection Everywhere!
.NET MAUI Preview 12 is here along with Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 3 and there are some awesome new features including built in support for constructor injection when using Shell! There is also the .NET 6 unification for iOS, new handlers, Windows extended toolbar, and more!
.NET MAUI Preview 12 - Constructor & Dependency Injection Everywhere! by James Montemagno
Null Pointers 78: Winter Musings
Today we cover a lot of different things going on in our lives and the tech world. What kind of gadget did Mark get from his wife for Christmas? Find out!