James Montemagno
James Montemagno

Live, Love, Bike, and Code.

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James Montemagno

Live, Love, Bike, and Code.


DataBinding Settings in Xamarin.Forms

For nearly four years now I have been using mycross-platform settings plugin [https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Xamarin.Plugins/tree/master/Settings]to save preferences across all the different platforms. Ever since I pushed it up to NuGet it has been extremely popular with over 18,000 installs! The plugin gives you a very simple way of saving out native settings from shared code. Usually, you will create a native UI for each platform and in the case of Android use the PreferenceActivity to aut…

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See Me Code & Present In Person This Fall!

Sure, I have been live coding all over the interwebz [http://motzcod.es/post/128873145362/one-month-of-live-coding] for the last month and will be doing so again this Friday on MVVM Light, [https://plus.google.com/events/cps4l2j82keara2sr54a4bsejc8] but what about seeing some live coding in person? Well you are in luck as I have a super crazy schedule once again flying all over the beautiful US of A! Over the next two months I will be giving sessions, dev days, workshops, webinars, and sooooo mu…

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One Month of Live Coding!

Just a little over a month ago I decided to start a brand new live video series called Motz Codes Live [http://motzcod.es/post/127109523932/motz-codes-live]. The idea was to cover a random mobile topic that I was investigating or interested in or perhaps a cover from YOU that you wanted to see, and I have to say that so far things have gone AMAZING with a bunch of awesome developers showing up each week and thousands of video views already. Since the launch I have also started a Motz Codes Live…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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