It doesn’t matter if you’re on a Windows or a macOS machine, you have access to amazing IDEs to build iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows apps and libraries with Visual Studio and Xamarin Studio. But, what if you could take all of your code on the go and with you everywhere you go? What if […]

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Apple announced major updates to all of their operating systems and a smattering of new APIs for developers to explore at this year’s WWDC conference. We are excited for Xamarin developers to get their hands on these new APIs to start building beautiful native apps in C#, so today, we’re releasing our first set of […]

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In this excellent article, Nish Anil describes how to modify controls using Effects – a lighter weight approach than creating custom renderers.  His examples, however, are all in C#, so I decided to translate them into XAML.  To begin I … Continue reading →

The previous post on Xamarin.Forms view model first navigation is all well and good … until you try to use it with a master-detail layout … then it breaks down. We fix that in this post, add some new convenience features, and answer some common questions to the view model first navigation library.

All apps need a backend, and Azure Mobile Apps makes it simple to add a backend to your mobile application. From no-code backends with Azure Easy Tables to full .NET backends with ASP.NET Web API, Azure has a backend for any kind of mobile app. Once you’ve built your backend, it’s time to consume it from […]

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