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Motz's Thoughts: Essential Accessories for Nintendo Switch

I can’t help it, I am super excited for the Nintendo Switch [http://nintendo.com/switch]. I have high hopes for the system even though there are minimal games at launch. Before I jump into the standard games and controller list there are a few things to think about. My recommendations may not be the cheapest option, but are based on trusted brands and positive ratings. [https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch/dp/B01LTHP2ZK/ref=as_li_ss_il?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484457151&sr=1-2&…

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What Xamarin Developers Ought to Know to Start in 2017

Inspired by Scott Hanselman’s recent blog on what .NET Developers ought to know to start 2017 [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WhatNETDevelopersOughtToKnowToStartIn2017.aspx] I thought I would take it a step further to create a small guide for Xamarin developers creating iOS, Android, and macOS apps in .NET. So I sat down with Chris Hardy [http://twitter.com/chrisntr] and put together a list of Xamarin specific terms and resources. Before we start, you should totally go read Scott’s awesome bl…

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How to Build & Ship an App in a Week with Xamarin.Forms

TLDR; I built an app in a few days over the holidays to keep track of board game and sport scores called Scoreboard, which is available now on iOS [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scoreboard-game-score-keeper/id1191033523?ls=1&mt=8] and Android [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.refractored.scoreboard]! Over the holidays I didn’t expect to sit down and write an entire app for iOS and Android from scratch, but I did. It all started when Heather and I were playing Qwirkle [ht…

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Scoreboard: An app to keep track of board game scores

Today, I am excited to announce Scoreboard, a brand new app for iOS and Android making it drop dead simple to keep track of your board game scores. It is available today on the App Store [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scoreboard-game-score-keeper/id1191033523?ls=1&mt=8] and Google Play [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.refractored.scoreboard]. Leave that pen and paper behind, Scoreboard enables you to easily keep score for any game with up 4 players or teams. Easily ke…

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Going Serverless with Azure Functions: SendGrid

A while back I wrote an app called MyShoppe [https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/MyShoppe], which served as a sample application that would enable any business owner with multiple locations to build an app to help their customers get store information and leave feedback. This was more than just a sample application as I built the original application for my brother who has several stores in Texas. The Old Backend The app isn’t overly complex. I leveraged Azure Mobile Apps (at the time Mobile Ser…

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Xamarin.Forms: Google Admob Ads in iOS

This weekend I spent some time integrating Admob Ads into Android applciations that live in Xamarin.Forms. I blogged about it a few days ago, so read it here first [https://motnemagno.com/xamarinforms-google-admob-ads-in-android]! I decided to take iOS for a spin next and put in Google/Firebase Admob Ads usin teh same exact mechanism. I will repeat a bit of the code here so each post can live on it’s own. Registring with AdMob So, the first thing that you will need to do is actually register…

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Xamarin.Forms: Google AdMob Ads in Android

I have been recently experimenting with integrating ads into my applications as an experiment. Not really to make money, but to just get it setup and working. I recently experimented with both Facebook Ads and Google AdMob for my iOS app “Social Post” and the results have been pretty good. I discussed this strategy a few weeks back on the Merge Conflict [http://mergeconflict.fm] podcast with Frank on Monitization. Now, it is time to go a step further and add some ads into my Xamarin.Forms ap…

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Setting Up Android x86 HAXM Emulators

I have recently had tons of questions about my recommended settings for Android x86 Emulators on Windows or on Mac. I have recently moved away from they Hyper-V Android Emulators for VS [https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/msft-android-emulator/] (which are awesome), just so I have all of the Google APIs around. So here we go. 1. Install the Intel x86 Emulators from Intel [https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager] 2. When installing make…

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Motz's Thoughts: Essential Accessories for Nintendo Switch

What Xamarin Developers Ought to Know to Start in 2017

How to Build & Ship an App in a Week with Xamarin.Forms

Scoreboard: An app to keep track of board game scores

Going Serverless with Azure Functions: SendGrid

Xamarin.Forms: Google Admob Ads in iOS

Xamarin.Forms: Google AdMob Ads in Android

Setting Up Android x86 HAXM Emulators

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