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Code Generation from XAML in Visual Studio is Mind-blowing Awesome

The more and IDE or code editor can do for you the better I say. Visual Studio has been crushing it with new refactorings, IntelliSense, and IntelliCode, one of my favorite features ever. One thing that I have always been hoping for as a XAML developer is deeper connectivity between the XAML and the View-Model. We have seen increased IntelliSense in this area, but with the release of Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 comes code generation from XAML! That is right, you can now have Visual Studio automatic…

James Montemagno

Opt-out of Dark Mode on iOS, Android, UWP, and macOS

Everyone can't stop talking about dark mode now that iOS 13 and Android 10 are officially released. To my surprise I have actually really been enjoying dark mode on my desktop and mobile devices. I really want to go through all my apps and add proper dark mode support, however I just haven't had the time. When running apps on iOS 13 or macOS and flipping on dark mode can make your app look.... not so great: This can depend on the framework you are using, hard coded values, or a bunch of other…

James Montemagno

Unique Device & App Installation Identifiers for Mobile Apps

One common query I get all the time from developers is how to get a unique device or application identifier for their mobile app. After deciding to not include an API for this in Xamarin.Essentials we heard a lot of different use cases for it including: Client/Server Communication Login Validation In-App Purchase Verification Licensing Purposes The next obvious question that you may have is why didn't we include it in Xamarin.Essentials if everyone seemed to want it? The answer is actually pret…

James Montemagno

Xamarin Evolve 2016 App Development Retrospective

Just yesterday we made the Evolve 2016 conference app completely open source on GitHub, and feedback has been fantastic with 57 stars, 26 forks, and tons of buzz on Twitter. While you are probably already digging through the code I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the development of the mobile application and some fun statistics of the application when it finally went live. Development The Xamarin Evolve conference application is packed full of everything you need for a mobile conferenc…

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Code Generation from XAML in Visual Studio is Mind-blowing Awesome

Opt-out of Dark Mode on iOS, Android, UWP, and macOS

Unique Device & App Installation Identifiers for Mobile Apps

Xamarin Evolve 2016 App Development Retrospective

James Montemagno

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