.Net MAUI + Azure Pipelines + iOS TestFlight!
In this post, I want to show you how to publish a .NET MAUI app via TestFlight from an Azure Pipeline. These tools allow you to create cross-platform Android and iOS apps, then use pipelines to build the app any time its code changes, and deploy an unofficial version of the app to a group […]
Add iOS and Android Splash Screens to an Ionic Angular App
It’s easy to add an iOS or Android splash screen into an Ionic Angular app using the @capacitor/splash-screen package. This is a simple and effective way to provide a pleasing visual experience to the user while the app is loading. In this article, I will explore how to add an iOS and Android splash screen […]
Adding a New Android Permission in a Xamarin App
As you know, Android is always adding features in its new versions and now the Post Notifications permission has been introduced from Android 13. In this blog, we are going to explore how to request it in our Xamarin.Android projects. Sample Project 1. Let’s set Android 13.0 as the Target framework. Open your project settings […]
Android Splash Screen Logos and Animations with Xamarin
Android 12 has a few surprises for mobile developers, and its new splash screen is one of the most notorious. In previous versions of the SDK, you needed to create an activity if you wanted to customize the splash screen. However, we now have access to the splash screen API to customize the screen. You […]
Shadows Everywhere in Xamarin.Forms
As you know, Xamarin.Forms (and now .NET MAUI) allows us to create cross-platform mobile apps. However, one of the biggest challenges with these technologies is knowing how to customize your Controls and UI. In this blog, we are going to explore some awesome libraries to add cool drop shadow effects to our projects. Xamarin Community […]
Awesome Mobile Forms with Xamarin Community Toolkit
Xamarin Community Toolkit is an official library provided by Xamarin which includes animations, behaviors, converters, effects, and many other things that help speed up development. Its first stable version was released in January 2021 and since then it has been widely used in cross-platform mobile development. As an example of its power and usefulness, I’m […]
So You Want to Migrate a Xamarin.Forms App to .NET MAUI
.NET MAUI is out, Xamarin.Forms support will end on May 1, 2024, and you are probably thinking “How can I migrate my Xamarin.Forms app to this new .NET MAUI framework?” Fear not, my fellow developers! I shall provide an example of how we can migrate an app to .NET MAUI. However, there are some requirements you […]
Using Private NuGet Feeds in AppCenter
The Problem Recently, I was working on a Xamarin.Forms project consuming a private NuGet feed. Because the account I use to log in to Visual Studio has permissions to consume that feed, I just added the feed address to Visual Studio and I could use it without any problems. But when I tried to build […]
HealthKit Not Working in the Background of Xamarin.Forms Anymore—What To Do!
I recently updated the Nuget packages of an Xamarin.Forms application which accesses health and physical activity data in iOS and has been doing it successfully for a long time. One of the libraries to update was the third-party library responsible for taking the data from HealthKit and preparing it to be sent to the server. […]
Xamarin Isn’t Dead; It’s Evolving Into .NET MAUI
The world of cross-platform app development is undergoing a major revolution right now thanks to .NET MAUI—the next evolution of Xamarin.Forms. Using .NET MAUI, developers can build a single project and compile it into native code and native UI components running on a broad array of platforms including Android, iOS, MacOS, and Windows. What Is […]
