Building a “Next Entry” Effect for iOS and Android in Xamarin.Forms

Update June 26th: Eagle eyed commenter @Brandon Minnick pointed out that ReturnType and ReturnCommand are now supported properties in Xamarin.Forms 3.1 (Documentation). You can find his comprehensive sample here or an amended sample below. https://gist.github.com/JoeM-RP/b346109a46238866b1123f3ae9e2a37e And the code behind: https://gist.github.com/JoeM-RP/80be7f12add87d46cbaa3cb14e30d432 Of course, if you are using an older version of Xamarin.Forms or just want to do … Continue reading Building a “Next Entry” Effect for iOS and Android in Xamarin.Forms

DevOps – Accelerating Development with Code Snippets

I am so, so late to the code snippet party and I feel like I've wasted my youth @iwritecodesmtms I recently discovered the power of Code Snippets in Visual Studio. They're super easy to make and can save you a ton of typing for repetitive tasks. This is a brief guide on making a new … Continue reading DevOps – Accelerating Development with Code Snippets

XamaWIN – Cross-Platform Grouped Radio Buttons in Xamarin.Forms

Xamawin • zam-ah win | noun A quick, easy to implement enhancement for a Xamarin App that improves performance, appearance, or functionality Update September 2020: Radio Buttons are now included as a standard Xamarin.Forms control. You can read the documentation on using them here. For older versions of Xamarin.Forms, find my original post below: While I generally … Continue reading XamaWIN – Cross-Platform Grouped Radio Buttons in Xamarin.Forms

DevOps: Wireless Debugging for iOS and tvOS

As if you needed another reason to keep Visual Studio for Mac up to date, the latest version released a week ago today (Release Notes) bears an intriguing line item: If you've been playing around in the beta channel, or are familiar with developing in XCode, this comes as no surprise. In fact, wireless debugging … Continue reading DevOps: Wireless Debugging for iOS and tvOS