James Montemagno

Lollipop AppCompat PreferenceActivity

I fell in love with material design the moment I saw it and at Evolve 2014 my good friend and co-worker Jérémie Laval [https://twitter.com/jeremie_laval] and I actually gave 2 sessions on the concept and implementation of material design [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=evolve+2014+material+design] in your apps. With the introduction of v7 app compat library rev 21 you are now able to upgrade your apps while maintain compatibility with older versions of Android. If you are looking t…

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More Plugins for Xamarin: Vibrate, Device Info, Connectivity, & Battery

I hope that everyone has been having a wonderful holiday season. Over the last month I have had one large goal; to create a plethora of Plugins for Xamarin [http://motzcod.es/post/104507063997/what-exactly-is-a-plugin-for-xamarin]. This desire to create plugins started a long time ago when I created my very first NuGet packages for cross platform settings [http://motzcod.es/post/102974754207/an-improved-cross-platform-settings-library-for] . Once I iterated on the plugin and saw how successful a…

James Montemagno

iOS iBeacon Background Region Monitoring

Earlier this year when iOS 8 was released I wrote up a quick blog post [http://motzcod.es/post/97662738237/scanning-for-ibeacons-in-ios-8] on how to ensure you can scan for iBeacons with the new CLLocationManager RequestWhenInUseAuthorization flag. However recently I have received a lot of questions about how to scan for iBeacons when the app is in the background or when it has been dismissed completely. Apple has some amazing docs [https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExpe…

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Text To Speech Plugin for Xamarin and Windows

You may have noticed that I am on a big Plugins for Xamarin kick currently. I have always had my Settings Plugin [http://motzcod.es/post/102974754207/an-improved-cross-platform-settings-library-for] that I have updated over time, but then I blogged about creating plugins for Xamarin.Forms [http://blog.xamarin.com/creating-reusable-plugins-for-xamarin.forms/], released a Vibrate Plugin [https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/VibratePlugin], and then discussed exactly what a Plugin for Xamarin is [ht…

James Montemagno

What Exactly is a Plugin for Xamarin?

I am so glad that you asked! I recently blogged about creating reusable plugins for Xamarin.Forms [http://blog.xamarin.com/creating-reusable-plugins-for-xamarin.forms/], and it might have caught you a bit off guard. Does Xamarin.Forms or Xamarin itself have plugins? The short answer is YES with the power of PCLs and NuGet. Component vs. Plugin For a long time, Xamarin developers have been able to add rich functionality to their mobile applications by adding Components from the Component Store […

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December 3rd, 2014

Building an Estimote Scavenger Hunt on iOS, Android, and Windows in C# with Xamarin

estimote [http://blog.estimote.com/post/104250171600/building-an-estimote-scavenger-hunt-on-ios] : > This is a guest post by James Montemagno [https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno], Developer Evangelist at Xamarin [http://xamarin.com/]. It seems like there’s another tech conference somewhere every week. Putting together a world class event is extremely challenging, but creating a unique digital experience for your attendees can be even more of a hurdle. First step is choosing the right tools…

James Montemagno

Pull/Swipe To Refresh for Xamarin.Forms Android Apps

Update Xamarin.Forms now includes Pull To Refesh out of the box. Please read my article on it. It is true that I absolutely love cross platform settings [http://motzcod.es/post/102974754207/an-improved-cross-platform-settings-library-for-ios] for mobile applications built with Xamarin. However, there is something that I love even more… Pull To Refresh! It all started over year ago when I blogged about how to add a UIRefreshControl to MVVMCross iOS apps [http://motzcod.es/post/59125989518/mv…

James Montemagno

An Improved Cross-Platform Settings Library for iOS, Android, and Windows

If you follow me at all on GitHub [http://www.github.com/jamesmontemagno] or Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/jamesmontemagno] than you probably know that I love portable class libraries. I know this might sound odd, but I also love settings inside of mobile applications. NSUserDefault, SharedPreferences, IsolatedStorage… yup I love it. A few years back when I was doing a lot of MVVMCross development I created Mvx.Plugins.Settings to enable developers to save settings and preferences extremely e…

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Lollipop AppCompat PreferenceActivity

More Plugins for Xamarin: Vibrate, Device Info, Connectivity, & Battery

iOS iBeacon Background Region Monitoring

Text To Speech Plugin for Xamarin and Windows

What Exactly is a Plugin for Xamarin?

Building an Estimote Scavenger Hunt on iOS, Android, and Windows in C# with Xamarin

Pull/Swipe To Refresh for Xamarin.Forms Android Apps

An Improved Cross-Platform Settings Library for iOS, Android, and Windows

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