Xamarin: Add Background Data Refresh to Your iOS Apps

Users expect your apps to load quickly. A critical component of a user’s perception of your app is how fast it loads data. There are many steps you can take to speed up network requests, including general networking techniques like request prioritization and speculative requests or taking advantage of the native networking stack on iOS or Android […]

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Kerry W. Lothrop: Calling C/C++ libraries from Xamarin code

The Xamarin platform allows developing iOS and Android applications entirely in C#. Sometimes, however, some legacy code may be too large or complex to make porting it to C# for your mobile app worthwhile. Most examples found online show you how to use existing Objective-C libraries in Xamarin.iOS and existing Java libraries in Xamarin.Android. However, … Continue reading Calling C/C++ libraries from Xamarin code