There's really no good title to describe what this article is about. (Sometimes naming posts is almost as difficult as naming variables and classes in code.) But have you noticed when using a MasterDetailPage in Xamarin.Forms that the upper left navigation button ... the one that controls revealing…
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Fantastic Fonts in Xamarin.Forms
Adding custom fonts into a Xamarin.Forms project might be something know how to do already. And that's because Xamarin has an entire documentation page [https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/user-interface/text/fonts/] written on how to do it! But ... as is often the case ... I ran…
Sending Files to a Xamarin.Forms App - Part 1: iOS
It’s a common occurrence in mobile applications to have a file be open in one app – but need another app to use it. For example, you browsed to a PDF and find you’d like to perform some modifications to it in another app. By tapping on that PDF,…
Making It Snow! Xamarin.Forms and CocosSharp and Particles
It goes without saying that I’m a big fan of Xamarin.Forms. It’s the first framework I evaluate when taking on a new project. I love all of the out of the box goodness it provides – easy MVVM (especially the binding [https://codemilltech.com/back-to-school-part-2-revenge-of-the-custom-bindings/]), layout engine, and…
Bindable Native Views - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.3 Look Ahead
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…
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…