James Montemagno

Pull To Refresh Any(ish) Xamarin.Forms View!

If you have read motz.codes then you know I love [http://motzcod.es/post/59125989518/mvxuirefreshcontrol-for-mvvmcross], love [http://motzcod.es/post/82102717747/xamarinandroid-swiperefreshlayout-for-mvvmcross] , love [http://motzcod.es/post/103224921992/pullswipe-to-refresh-for-xamarinforms-android] , love [http://motzcod.es/post/87917979362/pull-to-refresh-for-xamarinforms-ios] , love [http://motzcod.es/post/113280718807/official-pull-to-refresh-in-xamarinforms-140] pull to refresh! In face t…

James Montemagno

Add NuGets To All Projects In Xamarin Studio with 1 Click

I simply love Matt Ward [https://twitter.com/lastexitcode], a wonderful developer who works on NuGet inside of Xamarin Studio. He is always blogging about all of the recent updates to NuGet in XS, so be sure to follow his blog [http://lastexitcode.com/]. Matt does so much more though including an awesome add-in for Xamarin Studio to add some awesome new features when using Xamarin Studio. My favorite feature is Solution Level adding of NuGet packages. Why do I love this feature? Well because I u…

James Montemagno

Xamarin Evolve + Open Source Save The Date App

In just under eight months in Orlando, FL thousands of mobile .NET developers will be heading to the next Xamarin Evolve conference [http://evolve.xamarin.com]. Xamarin Evolve 2014 was one of the most spectacular conferences that I have ever been part of and have ever attended. The most amazing developers came together for five action packed days of training, sessions, hacking, and collaboration. To keep it short, you do NOT want to miss Xamarin Evolve 2016. I had the joy last year of crafting…

James Montemagno

Motz Codes Live!

When I am not traveling around presenting at conferences, dev days, user groups, and code camps you will probably find me doing one of three things: Riding my bike, drinking coffee, and most likely coding. The elusive Motz can be found coding usually from home or in a coffee shop drinking said coffe, but I have finally decided to unleash my coding to the world in a new web series I am calling “Motz Codes Live [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwOF5UVsZWUi1RARu_18It6gX7NKWwx85]”. Each w…

James Montemagno

Adding a Disclosure Indicator Accessory to Xamarin.Forms ViewCells

Xamarin.Forms has a super powerful ListView. You can easily add custom cells, pull to refresh, headers, footers, and even sections with just a few lines of code. A while ago I talked about how to easily group items [http://motzcod.es/post/94643411707/enhancing-xamarinforms-listview-with-grouping] to display section headers in the ListView. You get a great native styling of section headers with just a few simple lines of code. One thing I have noticed and has bothered me specifically with iOS is…

James Montemagno

iOS Tip: Force UIWebView to Display Mobile Sites on iPad

So this is actually a very odd tip with a very specific use case. When you embed a UIWebView into your application and feed it static content it will simply render what you tell it to. An issue may arise when you actually have to embed dynamic web content into your application. Hopefully this is a rare case and you are building native apps with Xamarin and C# [https://components.xamarin.com/view/xamarin.auth], but there is one specific case where you have to use a WebView…oAuth. Yes, oAuth! You…

James Montemagno

5 Tips to Properly Style Xamarin.Forms Apps

Xamarin.Forms’ default templates for applications are great! They give you everything you need to get up and running including all three of your app projects and your shared code project. Nothing is faster than this to get a cross-platform application spun up. One thing they don’t do by default is setup nice themes for your applications, in fact they simply use the default device themes, but we can do better. I wanted to take a quick second to share a few tips on making your Xamarin.Forms app b…

James Montemagno

New & Improved Xamarin.Android Templates for Visual Studio

It has been a bit over a year since I first introduced my Xamarin.Android Templates pack for Visual Studio [https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/bee6442f-8f5a-4bba-8849-e380b61e76b0] and things sure have changed in the world of Android since then. Early on the templates pack only introduced a few item templates for menu items and a simple implementation of the Navigation Drawer, my favorite way to navigate in Android. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw8tB45kse4]Then this March Google…

James Montemagno

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Pull To Refresh Any(ish) Xamarin.Forms View!

Add NuGets To All Projects In Xamarin Studio with 1 Click

Xamarin Evolve + Open Source Save The Date App

Motz Codes Live!

Adding a Disclosure Indicator Accessory to Xamarin.Forms ViewCells

iOS Tip: Force UIWebView to Display Mobile Sites on iPad

5 Tips to Properly Style Xamarin.Forms Apps

New & Improved Xamarin.Android Templates for Visual Studio

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