Issue 357 1st August 2022

KYM PHILLPOTTS

G'day everyone, welcome to issue #357 of Weekly Xamarin - a wrap-up of the community articles around Xamarin and MAUI communities.

Over 30 crackingly good links in this weeks issue, which is what happens when I skip a week. So many great articles coming from MAUI UI July and a special call out to .NET Conf Focus on MAUI coming up soon as well!

Enjoy the links and until next time, have a wonderful week!

Kym

NEWS

Announcing .NET Conf - Focus on .NET MAUI, Reactor, and Community Events

Ready to get building with .NET MAUI? Join us for .NET Conf - Focus on MAUI, worldwide Reactor events, and local community event opportunities.

Announcing .NET Conf - Focus on .NET MAUI, Reactor, and Community Events by Jon Galloway

DESIGN

Free Figma Component Library

We've curated the best Figma components in one place. Discover, copy and paste UI components in Figma with the most efficient way to build designs. Get all the essentials for any design project in one place. From buttons to data visualizations, you'll find the perfect component here with a few clicks.

Free Figma Component Library by Danny Postma

Humbleicons – free icons for your better UI

A pack of beautiful, neutral, carefully crafted icons that you can use in your personal and commercial projects for free.

Humbleicons – free icons for your better UI by HumbleIcons

DEVOPS

Setting up CI for your .NET MAUI Windows app with GitHub Actions

This post will focus on how you can set up CI for your .NET MAUI Windows app with GitHub Actions.

Setting up CI for your .NET MAUI Windows app with GitHub Actions by Andreas Nesheim

Build .NET MAUI apps with GitHub Actions

In this post, Dave Murray builds a cross platform .NET MAUI app for Android, iOS, MacCatalyst and Windows using GitHub Actions, explaining each step.

Build .NET MAUI apps with GitHub Actions by Dave Murray

XAMARIN FORMS

Background Work in Xamarin.Forms. Part #2 — Xamarin.iOS

Bohdan looks at Backgrounding in for iOS Devices. He looks at location updates and region monitoring because it’s the most common case.

Background Work in Xamarin.Forms. Part #2 — Xamarin.iOS by Bohdan Benetskyi

View PDF Annotations as a List and Navigate Using Xamarin.Forms PDF Viewer

This article covers viewing annotations in a list view and navigating to them based on selection using the Syncfusion Xamarin PDF Viewer control.

View PDF Annotations as a List and Navigate Using Xamarin.Forms PDF Viewer by Ramkumar Ravy

Debug Google Play Billing in Xamarin Android Apps

Quick tip about Debug Google Play Billing in Xamarin Android Apps. Short and straight to the point, this article will give you your solution.

Quick Tips: Debug Google Play Billing in Xamarin Android Apps - Cool Coders by Damien Doumer

MAUI

MetroLog.Maui: logging taylor-made for Maui

The amazing performance-driven MetroLog logging library was finally ported to .net 6 and MAUI!

MetroLog.Maui: logging taylor-made for Maui by Jean-Marie Alfonsi

Playing video with .NET MAUI

Many apps, whether mobile or desktop, require the ability to play video. That video may be remote, stored in the app bundle, or be chosen from the user’s device. However, .NET MAUI currently doesn’t have a view (control) capable of playing video. So, David Britch went head and created a cross-platform Video view.

Playing video with .NET MAUI by David Britch

Exploring Multi-Windows in .NET MAUI

Multi-windows are a nice feature in .NET MAUI, and we can give their desktop version extra TLC.

Exploring Multi-Windows in .NET MAUI by Leomaris Reyes

ClassFly UI - XAML vs Blazor - Part 1 - XAML

The first part of a 2 part blog post of building a simple UI in XAML and Blazor to compare the differences.

ClassFly UI - XAML vs Blazor - Part 1 - XAML by Kym Phillpotts

Add Busy Notifications to Your .NET MAUI Application

Busy notifications are essential to enhance the app's appearance, user interaction, and experience.

Add Busy Notifications to Your .NET MAUI Application | Syncfusion Blogs by Selva Ganapathy Kathiresan

.NET MAUI Progressing From a Default Project Part 6 - Revisiting Unit Testing

Charles continues his series and this time revisits unit testing .NET MAUI apps.

.NET MAUI Progressing From a Default Project Part 6 - Revisiting Unit Testing by Charles Flatt

.NET MAUI Progressing From a Default Project Part 7 - Deploying

In this, the last of the series, Charles points towards some resources to wrapping some DevOps around your .NET MAUI Apps.

.NET MAUI Progressing From a Default Project Part 7 - Deploying, the Other People's Links Edition by Charles Flatt

Sands of MAUI: Issue #65

Sam wraps up the latest .NET MAUI News.

Sands of MAUI: Issue #65 by Sam Basu

Building a Draw Something clone in .NET MAUI

This post shows how we can build a clone of the drawing game “Draw Something”.

Building a Draw Something clone in .NET MAUI by Shaun Lawrence

Display a map with .NET MAUI

This blog post covers creating a very simple cross-platform Map view. It displays a map, lets you scroll it, zoom it, show your location, show traffic data, and change the map imagery.

Display a map with .NET MAUI by David Britch

My new app doesn't use .NET MAUI! Why?

Dave has decided to use Xamarin.Forms rather than .NET MAUI for his new app. Why did he decide this, and should you?

My new app doesn't use .NET MAUI! Why? by Dave Murray

Creating a countdown button for .NET MAUI

As part of UI July Mark is creating a countdown button for .NET MAUI.

Creating a countdown button for .NET MAUI by Mark Allibone

Introduction to .NET MAUI Community Toolkit

The purpose of this post is to help shine a light on the wonderful work the community is putting in to help grow the .NET MAUI ecosystem.

.NET MAUI Community Toolkit by Liam Elliott

MAUI Blazor template

Brady Stroud decided to build a template for MAUI Blazor as part of UI July.

MAUI Blazor template by Brady Stroud

Using Maui.Graphics to build charts

Let's check how to use Maui.Graphics to create data visualization controls.

Using Maui.Graphics to build charts by Diego Rivero

Bottom Sheet control in .NET MAUI

An amazing article that shows how to create a XAML-based control which you can add to any MAUI page (or in fact multiple controls in the same page) and show additional content when requested by the user.

Bottom Sheet control in .NET MAUI by Naweed Akram

.NET MAUI: Create a simple rating control

Sometimes you need a simple control to show a rating inside of your app. This blog post shows you how you can easily create a simple rating control in .NET MAUI for all platforms.

.NET MAUI: Create a simple rating control by Sebastian Jensen

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

Implement Lottie Animations in .NET MAUI Under 10 Minutes!

The looks of your app can make of break it. To make your .NET MAUI app infinitely more beautiful you can use Lottie animations! Lottie is a lightweight animation format that can be used on all kinds of platforms, now also including .NET MAUI. Let's learn how easy it is to implement Lottie animations in .NET MAUI with the help of SkiaSharp!

Implement Lottie Animations in .NET MAUI Under 10 Minutes! by Gerald Versluis

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 112: We're Back From Vacation!

We may have missed a month out on vacation - but we're back better than ever with the latest installment of the .NET MAUI podcast!

The .NET MAUI Podcast Episode 112: We're Back From Vacation! by .NET MAUI Podcast

Unit Testing .NET MAUI Apps with xUnit

Having trouble adding a xUnit project to your .NET MAUI solution? Then this video is for you! In this video we will see what it takes to add an xUnit Unit Testing project to your .NET MAUI solution and actually make it build. Sorry, you'll need to write the tests yourself... 😅

Unit Testing .NET MAUI Apps with xUnit by Gerald Versluis

Let's Learn .NET - Blazor Hybrid

In this month’s .NET beginner series, learn how to blend desktop and mobile native client frameworks with .NET and Blazor! We'll get you up to speed with building .NET MAUI apps that can take advantage of native capabilities, using your web skills. Come to learn something new and leave with something that we all built, together, live with experts!

Let's Learn .NET - Blazor Hybrid by dotNet Youtube Channel

What is a Scoped .NET Dependency, and Why You Should Use Them

Just when you thought you knew everything about .NET Dependency Injection, Scoped dependencies comes along. James has covered transient and singleton, but what are scoped dependencies, when would you use them, and should you even care? James breaks it all down.

What is a Scoped .NET Dependency, and Why You Should Use Them by James Montemagno