Weekly Xamarin

ISSUE 267 11th July 2020

LUCE CARTER

Hey everyone,

Welcome back to another great week here on the newsletter. I thoroughly enjoyed reading, watching and listening to everything featured this week. Thanks as ever to everyone who contributed!

Things are still uncertain around the world, but I hope you are all staying safe and well and have a fantastic weekend!

Luce ♥

Weekly Xamarin

DEVOPS

Setup Azure DevOps for efficient Pull Requests

When there are many developers on the same project you need to merge your code to a single branch, but before it’s important to insure that the new feature you just created is done correctly. To check, you need to propose your code as a pull request (PR). In this article Damien explains why doing pull requests are importants and how to configure them through Azure DevOps.

Setup Azure DevOps for efficient Pull Requests by Damien Aicheh

github.io

ANDROID

Preparing Apps for Google Play Android 10 Requirements

For the Northern Hemisphere, Summer is here! Which means there are some new requirements coming to Google Play when it comes to publishing your apps. Over years there have been several updates to the requirements for publish new apps. As well as updates to Google Play. This year, it is all about updating your app to target Android 10 (API 29).

Preparing Apps for Google Play Android 10 Requirements by James Montemagno

microsoft.com

XAMARIN FORMS

Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Pizza Shop

Our very own Kym Phillpotts is up there with the best when it comes to making beautiful apps! This latest UI challenge will leave you drooling.

Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Pizza Shop by Kym Phillpotts

kymphillpotts.com

Using biometric identification in Xamarin Forms

It’s very likely that some of the applications that you have installed on your device uses fingerprints to simplify authentication before executing certain important or sensitive actions.

Using biometric identification in Xamarin Forms by Leomaris Reyes

askxammy.com

Store Data in Google Sheets using Xamarin iOS & Android

There have been questions on StackOverflow asking how to use Google Sheets to store data using Xamarin, as a quick and simple database. After finding no articles online, this author decided to spend a few hours to figure it out.

Store Data in Google Sheets using Xamarin iOS & Android by The First Prototype

medium.com

Learn How to Fill Text with Images in Xamarin.Forms using Shapes

The release of Xamarin.Forms 4.7 brings with it support for shapes and some really great content is popping up around this. This post from Marco is a perfect example. I had never thought to fill text with images, but this has made me want to try it!

Learn How to Fill Text with Images in Xamarin.Forms using Shapes by Marco Folio

marcofolio.net

REACTIVEUI

ReactiveUI - On Reactive Programming

A really fascinating article on why you might want to do reactive programming or functional reactive programming. Has a great code sample to help articulate the point as well!

ReactiveUI - On Reactive Programming by Rich Bryant

reactiveui.net

MVVMCROSS

Old MVVMCross Xamarin solutions & the looming Android 10 Deadline

Android X is bringing big changes to lot of the core requirements of your app. This means that many projects may need updating to meet these. The popular MVVMCross framework is an example of this. So what can you do? This blog post discusses your options.

Old MVVMCross Xamarin solutions & the looming Android 10 Deadline by The First Prototype

medium.com

NUGET OF THE WEEK

PancakeView goes v2.0! Here's what's new.

PancakeView 2.0 is here! This post outlines what delicious new features and improvements are now available.

PancakeView goes v2.0! Here's what's new. by Steven Thewissen

thewissen.io

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

8: (Mobile) Security – Null Pointers

In this episode, we share some things we know about security in general, but also specific to mobile apps. Gerald had a hacking incident on one of his web apps which triggered us to explore what we actually know about security. It’s quite easy to make a mistake, and the internet is very unforgiving, people (or bots?) will exploit it in no time. Other than that we talk about SQL injection, open redirects, Have I Been Pwned, certificates and more!

Null Pointers Episode 8 by Null Pointers

nullpointers.io

The Xamarin Podcast Episode 75: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7

This month James and Matt run down the rest of the great features in Xamarin.Forms 4.7 including how it helps you manage light and dark themes, eliminates the need for James' image circle plug-in, and makes writing Grid row and column definitions so, so, so much easier.

The Xamarin Podcast Episode 75: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7

xamarinpodcast.com

App Center + App Insights = Better Together | The Xamarin Show

This week, James is joined by John Thiriet live from France who shows off how he combined the power of App Center Analytics with Application Insights. This combination gives crazy insight into your application when it is live. John shows off how to set it up and how to start to write queries today.

App Center + App Insights = Better Together | The Xamarin Show by James Montemagno

msdn.com