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Introducing Calcium for Xamarin.Forms

by Daniel Vaughan

Create best-in-breed cross-platform MVVM apps using Calcium for Xamarin.Forms.

Xamarin TV Scripts

by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

An entertainment app written in C# language for the Xamarin Forms and Android, using a SQLite local database

Using MVVM to create Tabbed Interfaces with Calcium for Xamarin Forms

by Daniel Vaughan

Create a Xamarin Forms tabbed page or carousel page by binding to a collection of ViewModels; extending beyond the current capabilities of Xamarin Forms.

Xamarin with TinyIoC

by n.podbielski

Use of IoC container in Xamarin on example of TinyIoC

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Xamarin Forms – Jumpstart Your App With Autofac

by Dev Leader

Jumpstart app with Autofac

Building 64-Bit Windows on ARM Apps with Xamarin

by Gaston Verelst

This article will show how to create a simple but complete WoA-native MAUI application.

Fixing TPL Using Responsive Tasks (Core Library)

by Stephen Marcus

Replaces events and any other async void cases with awaitable Task signatures.

Adaptive Layouts for Different Device Sizes in Xamarin Apps

by Ana Carolina Zambon

In this post, you will learn how to make Apps have a fluid and adaptive UI on different device screen sizes.

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Xamarin

Introducing Calcium for Xamarin.Forms

15 Sep 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Create best-in-breed cross-platform MVVM apps using Calcium for Xamarin.Forms.

Xamarin TV Scripts

31 Mar 2018 by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

An entertainment app written in C# language for the Xamarin Forms and Android, using a SQLite local database

Using MVVM to create Tabbed Interfaces with Calcium for Xamarin Forms

17 Sep 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Create a Xamarin Forms tabbed page or carousel page by binding to a collection of ViewModels; extending beyond the current capabilities of Xamarin Forms.

MonoAndroid: Using Fragments in mobile app

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Using Fragments in your mobile application.

MonoAndroid: Using TabHost in your mobile applications

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

TabHost control in MonoAndroid

Remote Controlled LED / Weather Station / Message Display (Part 2 - Xamarin Mobile App)

31 Dec 2016 by Andrew Lai

This is Part 2 of my Raspberry Pi traffic light and weather station project - The mobile app

Android Recycler View with Spinner Item Change Selection and Update UI

25 Sep 2015 by khanzzirfan

This article helps you to understand how to listen to nested controls inside the recycler view and update the view dynamically.

Xamarin and MvvmCross: A simple Tutorial for Beginners

3 Jan 2018 by NoMoreComputers

Xamarin and MvvmCross: A simple tutorial for beginners

Custom Dialogs in Xamarin.Forms: Plugin "Rg.Plugins.Popup" Pages Asynchronous

8 Dec 2019 by Abdulrahman Emad

This article proposes a solution for plugging "Rg.Plugins.Popup" asynchronous into your code.

The Dew Review – Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition

12 Nov 2015 by Alvin Ashcraft

Open source software (OSS) development has reached the mainstream .NET community and created a whole new customer segment for development tools. Microsoft has responded to this need by creating the Visual Studio Community Edition.

Async Commands with Codon FX

1 Apr 2018 by Daniel Vaughan

Learn how to leverage the asynchronous ICommand implementation in Codon FX to support commands that kick-off long-running operations.

Xamarin Notes - Set Up the Environment (Windows and IOS)

5 Jan 2018 by didourebai

How to set up Xamarin Notes environment

Xamarin Questions & Answers

28 Apr 2018 by MilanGohil

This article contains possible basic questions along with their answers to help you to understand or gain basic knowledge about Xamarin.

Build Xamarin Apps Faster With BaaS

26 Aug 2019 by robertcarlson8203

Learn how to quickly build mobile apps using a Xamarin with a cloud hosted mobile backend in minutes.

Xamarin Picker with ID-based Binding

27 Apr 2020 by DRappJr

Allow picker to show selected item by a bound ID such as by key/value list choices

Configure App Icons in Xamarin Forms App

14 Jun 2016 by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore)

Configure App Icons in Xamarin Forms App

Real-time Emotion Detection with Azure Cognitive Services

15 Apr 2019 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Integrating Cognitive Services SDKs in a .NET Core based application and exploring how real-world scenarios can be tackled using ML services offered by Microsoft

Displaying Data with an Adapter in Xamarin.Android and Visual Studio

25 Jul 2014 by Dominic Burford

Displaying data with an Adapter in Xamarin.Android and Visual Studio

Automatic Scrolling to Edited Text Box in Xamarin Android

25 Dec 2018 by n.podbielski

How to do automatic scrolling to edited text box in Xamarin Android

Xamarin Forms: Share Media With Other Apps

6 Jan 2019 by Harshit Gindra

This article will help you develop a Xamarin.Forms based app to share media files with other mobile applications.

Create PDF documents from any XML format

20 Jun 2016 by Frank Rem

This article explains how to create PDF documents from any XML format.

Render PDF Pages with Xamarin.Android

22 Nov 2016 by Frank Rem

This article explains how to render PDF pages with Xamarin.Android.

Build Cross-platform Mobile Apps Easily with Crosslight

18 Aug 2014 by Nicholas_Lie

Developers need the best cross-platform framework that can produce highly flexible, customizable apps with great performance, and high code reusability, that allow them to build cross platforms apps in a loosely-coupled manner. The answer is here: Crosslight.

Real-time Emotion Detection with Azure Cognitive Services

15 Apr 2019 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Integrate Cognitive Services SDKs in .NET Core based app

Building 64-Bit Windows on ARM Apps with Xamarin

23 Jun 2022 by Gaston Verelst

This article will show how to create a simple but complete WoA-native MAUI application.

Zyan Drench, A Game for Android with Wifi Support

28 Feb 2016 by AlexeyYakovlev

This article describes building an Android game with networking support using C#, Xamarin.Android platform and Zyan Communication Framework.

Remote controlled LED / Weather Station / Message Display (Part 1 - Raspberry Pi)

4 Jan 2017 by Andrew Lai

A small project to give my son a great surprise

A Better Way to Share Image Assets in Xamarin Forms

13 Nov 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Learn how to combine T4 and a custom markup extension to share and consume image files between projects.

Movable Globally Distributed System with Database

7 Nov 2017 by Bruce Yang CL

A distributed system architecture, mobile devices around the world, free charge to construct your global application

Walkthrough of Xamarin in VS2017 - Part One

19 Jul 2017 by Rodimus74

Based on the Microsoft Xamarin in Visual Studio tutorial, I have updated for VS2017 and then work through some further improvements.

Generate C# Client API for ASP.NET Web API

4 May 2020 by Zijian

Generate strongly typed client API in C# for ASP.NET Web API and .NET Core Web API supporting desktop, Universal Windows, Android and iOS

Creating a Cross-Platform Application Bar for Xamarin Forms with Calcium

7 Oct 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Using Xamarin Forms platform specific rendering to create a cross-platform application bar.

Getting started with Xamarin Android Single View App

7 May 2018 by syed shanu

Create Xamarin Android Single View app

Introduction to Xamarin.Android

25 Aug 2014 by Dominic Burford

Introduction to Xamarin.Android

Virtualizing Data with XAML

9 Feb 2015 by Andrew Whiddett

Creating a scaleable ObservableCollection that supports pagination, async and (for the first time) FULL write operations

Generating Anagrams at Breakneck Speed

9 Mar 2017 by Graeme_Grant

A documented journey looking for the fastest solution for generating valid Anagrams for the Weekly Code Project Challenge...

MonoAndroid: Using dotnet webservice (ASMX)

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Using ASMX webservices in your mobile application.

Xamarin Forms - Validations Made Simple

19 Jan 2019 by Chandru BK

This article will assume you have basic knowledge of C# and Xamarin Forms and shows how to implement the Xamarin Form Validations using simple Data Annotations applied on the models.

Building a Puzzle Game with Xamarin Forms

25 Nov 2016 by Daniel Vaughan

A fun Xamarin Forms implementation of the game Sokoban, demonstrating how to port a UWP puzzle game to both Android and iOS while sharing nearly all code across platforms.

Building a Data-Binding Library for Xamarin.Android

10 Jan 2016 by Daniel Vaughan

A powerful, yet light-weight, data-binding library for binding XML layout files in Xamarin.Android.

Push Notifications via Azure Templates in Xamarin

25 Sep 2020 by Arcadenut

How to implement Push Notifications via Azure Templates in Xamarin

Android Wearable: Creating A Simple Survey Feature Using Xamarin

10 Jun 2016 by Vincent Maverick Durano

In this article, you will learn how to create a simple Survey feature using Xamarin for Android Wearable.

Visual Studio 2015 and Apache Cordova

14 May 2015 by Hugo Carnicelli

In this article, we are going to learn what Apache Cordova is and in which way this tool is now integrated into Visual Studio 2015.

MonoAndroid: Using Started Service

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Demonstration of started service.

Wearable Compass : A journey from sample to awesome app

9 Oct 2015 by maq_rohit

This article will give you a walk-through from sample android wearable app to Nice pro app.

Getting Started with Codon - Part 1

4 Apr 2017 by Daniel Vaughan

Codon is a zero-dependency cross-platform MVVM framework for creating UWP, WPF, and Xamarin based applications.

Building Android Apps with C# (Intro to Xamarin.Forms)

18 Oct 2015 by Fiyaz Hasan

Basics of building Android apps with Xamarin Forms

MonoAndroid: Calling secondary activity

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Let's understand calling secondary activity and returning data from it.

Alerts in Xamarin

24 Apr 2018 by didourebai

Mobile alerts in Xamarim.forms

Xamarin Android App Using SQLite and Custom ListView

6 Apr 2016 by Sharad Chandra Pyakurel

This tutorial will explain how to develop android app with Xamarin tool provided by visual studio. This post will walk you through creating a small android app related to AddressBook.

MonoAndroid: Using GridView in your mobile application

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Demonstration of Android::GridView

Building Localizable Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin Forms and Calcium

2 Oct 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Leverage existing .resx files to localize Windows Phone, Android, and iOS apps in Xamarin.Forms.

Xamarin.Android: Working With GPS And Locations

26 Jul 2016 by Vincent Maverick Durano

In this article, you will learn how to get the current location of the device and determine how many miles you are away based on the origin of the location provided.

A Custom Grid-List Adapter

29 Apr 2014 by Fady Aro

Making a custom ListAdapter

MonoAndroid: Writing custom generic BaseAdapter in C#

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Using generic BaseAdapter to generate ListView

Xamarin Android Services Pattern on GPS Example

30 Jan 2017 by n.podbielski

Xamarin Android Services Pattern on GPS example

Getting Started with Codon - Part 2

4 Apr 2017 by Daniel Vaughan

Storing and retrieving settings with the cross-platform Codon framework's settings service.

Walkthrough for Xamarin in VS2017 - Part Two

1 Aug 2017 by Rodimus74

Part two of taking the Microsoft Xamarin Weather tutorial to the next level.

Xamarin Android: EventHandlers for ScrollView for Endless Support

1 Mar 2016 by Er. Puneet Goel

Scroll View are widely used in Android Layouts. Now when a user scrolls the view, we need to find the scroll event of the scroll view. So this article is all about finding these events across all the Android API Versions.

Getting Started with Codon - Part 3

4 Apr 2017 by Daniel Vaughan

Using Codon's Messenger to pass messages between app components

SQLite interaction on Android with Visual Studio and Xamarin

17 Feb 2017 by Emiliano Musso

In the present article we'll see how to develop a simple Android solution, through the use of Visual Studio e Xamarin, the developer framework which allows the creation of cross-platform solutions.

MonoAndroid: Using AlertDialog

21 Nov 2013 by ThatsAlok

Article demonstrating use of Alert-Dialog in android universe.

Getting Started with Codon - Part 4

4 Apr 2017 by Daniel Vaughan

Navigating between pages using Codon's navigation service.

Getting Started With Android Wearable Using Xamarin and Visual Studio

9 Jun 2016 by Vincent Maverick Durano

A one-stop tutorial that helps you get started on building apps on Android Wears and Handheld device.

Creating an offline mobile password manager using Xamarin Forms

17 Jun 2017 by Lurker1315

or converting an old phone into a password manager

Introduction to Mvvmcross Platform

3 Jun 2015 by Pavel Durov

In this article I will give you a brief overview on the basic concepts of mvvmcross platform. We we'll explore the mvvmcross project architecture and some mvvmcross classes.

Xamarin SKIASharp: Guide to MVVM

17 Oct 2019 by Laurent Bouffioux