Text and Icons in Master/Detail Reveal Button on iOS

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 the Master…

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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…

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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…

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