In the last post on the new features of Xamarin Forms 2.3.3 we took a look at Platform Specifics [https://codemilltech.com/platform-specifics-xamarin-forms-2-3-3-look-ahead/] – both how to create one and how to consume one. This time around we’re going to turn our attention to bindable native views in…
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Matthew Soucoup
Matthew is a Sr Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft and a Pluralsight author from Seattle by way of Madison, WI. He ❤️s 📱 & ☁️ development and Wisconsin craft 🍺 and 🧀.
Platform Specifics - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.3 Look Ahead
Lately it seems that the Xamarin.Forms team has been spending a lot of time making it easier to access the individual platform’s functionality, be it iOS, Android or Windows, from the core shared project. And maybe more importantly, everything being introduced seems to be taking away the need…
Code Mill Minute: Stopping the "ThisApp May Slow Down Your iPhone" Message
Welcome to another Code Mill Minute installment! Or where I take a break from writing a long article and write a quick post about a small problem or annoyance that we Xamarin developers happen upon every day. In this installment we’re going to take a look at a brand…
Banish Compiler Directives From Shared Projects!
Shared Projects definitely take their share of bashing - if you spend any time at all talking to somebody who used Shared Projects in their app - they'll spend the entire conversation staring at the ground, eventually apologize profusely and then offer to buy you lunch - because…
Back It On Up! Android and Xamarin and Backups!
Oh Android – you never make life easy do you? Recently I needed to add the ability to backup and restore Android shared preferences. And as any good Xamarin developer would do, I was using the Settings plugin from the prolific James Montemagno [https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xam.Plugins.Settings/…
Review: The Imposter's Handbook by Rob Conery
This review is based off the initial version of the preview of the Imposter’s Handbook that Rob Conery made available for purchase. When the book is released, I will update this review should the Imposter’s Handbook’s content warrant. Instead of shooting off fireworks on July 4, I…