Xamarin Link Roundup – 23 Feb 2015
What happened in the Xamarin Community last week?
Xamarin.Forms
- Behaviors for Xamarin Forms v2.0
Version 2.0 of my behavior implementation for Xamarin Forms - Navigation Service for Cross Platform Page/View Navigation from View Model
Nick looks at a Navigation Service for Cross Platform Page/View Navigation from View Model - Animate the Height of RowDefinition
Johan looks at animating a grid row. - Dipping your feet into Xamarin Animation Extensions
Johan looks at Xamarin.Forms Animation Extensions - Working With DependencyService in Xamarin
This article demonstrates the platform-specific tweaks when using the DependencyService of Xamarin. - Common UI Patterns in Xamarin.Forms Part 1 – Springboards — Kym Phillpotts
Yours truly introduces the first of the UI Navigation Patterns – Springboards - Xamarin.Forms Platform Customizing with Device.OnPlatform
- Building Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin Forms – Channel 9
- Custom Map Tiles in Xamarin.Forms | Alex Blount
- What is New in Xamarin Forms 1.3: Inherited APP Class
Quick look at the Xamarin.Forms App Class
iOS
- Code Sharing Strategies for iOS & Mac | Xamarin Blog
Michael James shares code between iOS and Mac - Apple Watch Kit round-up
Craig Dunn gives a roundup of Apple Watch resources
Components & Tools
- FrazzApps’ Facebook Authenticator Plugin for Xamarin.Forms 1.0.1-alpha
Facebook Authenticator plugin for Xamarin.Forms – Alpha - Write Automated UI Tests for iOS and Android Apps — Visual Studio Magazine
Design
- The Importance of Design Language in Modern App Development
Anthony Handley shares the importance of adhering to design languages for the platforms
Other
- Lego Mobile Device Lab Stand
Adam shares an awesome way of holding all those devices! - Xamarin Contest: Give Us The Gist Of It!
Lots of awesome gists going hit this competition - Episode 23: Continuous Delivery for iOS Apps with Felix Krause – Gone Mobile
Another episode of Gone Mobile! - Xamarin.Forms 1.3.4 Released – Xamarin Forums
Woop woop! Another release of Xamarin.Forms! - How I Use Git On Windows – Setup and Tooling | Gruff Code
Git love it or hate it… You gotta learn it. - <a target=”_blank”href=”http://codemilltech.com/cross-platform-code-sharing-part-3-pcls/”>Cross Platform Code Sharing – PCLs</a>
Part 3 of the ongoing series of sharing code across platforms using Xamarin - Why Xamarin is actually native coding | Toni codes .NET
Toni makes a good point about the similarity of Xamarin and Native platform
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