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I spend a lot of time in Visual Studio Code working with React Native these days. If you're like me, you're probably starting your debugging instances right from Visual Studio via the integrated terminal; npm run ios or npm run android is a super easy and quick way to kick of a build and begin … Continue reading DevOps: Launching an Android Emulator from the Terminal using Bash Scripts
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
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
Whether you're displaying a simple "About" page or rendering content from an external source, pretty much every app ends up directing users to a web page at some point. I myself have used my fair share of WebView in my Xamarin work, but it's never had quite the same posh as similar representations I've seen … Continue reading Keep Users Engaged with SFSafariViewController and Android Chrome Custom Tabs
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