Hi! I released a NuGet package that does VM First Navigation! This article here still contains valuable info - but this other article [https://codemilltech.com/xamarin-forms-viewmodel-first-navigation-library/] has the necessary info to start using the VM First NuGet package [https://www.nuget.org/packages/CodeMill.VMFirstNav/].I recently started a…
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Tables Full of Cheese: An Intro to Azure Table Service and Xamarin
In our last post on Azure Storage [https://codemilltech.com/blobs-blobs-of-cheese-a-xamarinazure-storage-primer/] we looked at how to save large amounts of binary data to a BLOB from a Xamarin Forms app. We also took a quick look at what Azure Storage’s offering all provided, how to create a service account,…
Code Mill Minute: The Coolest Xamarin 4 Feature Ever!
On November 17, Xamarin unveiled a huge set of new features collectively known as Xamarin 4. These features pretty much touched the entire Xamarin product lineup – big and small. Some highlights include: * Xamarin Forms 2.0 This is a big time release [https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/xamarin-forms/xamarin-forms-2.0/…
Blobs & Blobs of Cheese: A Xamarin/Azure Storage Primer
In our quest to explore what data services Azure offers the mobile developer and how to integrate them with a Xamarin.Forms app, so far we really just touched on familiar database storage. First looking at how to save data to the cloud [https://codemilltech.com/head-in-the-clouds-azure-mobile-services-and-data/], then finding out…
Xamarin Dev Days - Madison Recap!
It’s Your Day That was the mantra that James Montemagno repeated time and time again during his opening remarks yesterday, August 22, for Xamarin Dev Days – Madison. And truly, it was the developers’ day, as there were tons of insightful questions, comments and positive reactions throughout the day as…
Why Can't We Be Friends? Conflict Resolution in Azure Mobile Services
The story is always the same… we develop this brand new app, introduce it to Azure [https://codemilltech.com/head-in-the-clouds-azure-mobile-services-and-data/], and they get along like gangbusters… constantly sending data back and forth. Then they have a little squabble, the lights go out and the internet is down, but Azure &…