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Supporting Android v12+ Splash Screens in Xamarin.Forms

Supporting Android v12+ Splash Screens in Xamarin.Forms

Android recently changed how splash screens work in Android v12.0 (API Level 31). Let's take a look at how to support it in our Xamarin.Forms apps!

Adding a Search Bar to Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage

Adding a Search Bar to Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage

31 Oct 2020 Update: Updated for AndroidX + Xamarin.Essentials Let's look at how to add the native search bar control into the Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage Both Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android offer the capability to natively add a search bar to the navigation bar using UISearchController and SearchView, respectively. But,

Improving CollectionView Scrolling

Improving CollectionView Scrolling

Sometimes scrolling a Xamarin.Forms.CollectionView (especially on Android) can be choppy. Let's take a look at how to fix it!

Introducing GitTrends: GitHub Insights

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Introducing GitTrends: GitHub Insights

iOSAndroid [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gittrends-github-insights/id1500300399] [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.minnick.gittrends]I am so excited to release GitTrends on Product Hunt today! https://www.producthunt.com/posts/gittrends-github-insights GitTrends helps you to monitor your GitHub Repositories: ✅ Connect to GitHub ✅ Monitor GitHub

Xamarin: Efficiently Using a SQLite Database

Xamarin: Efficiently Using a SQLite Database

The most popular SQLite ORM for Xamarin is SQLite-net. Let's explore the most efficient way to use it in our apps! If you'd like to skip to the completed code, jump to Section 9: Put It All Together. A completed sample app using this implementation is also available here: https:

Xamarin: Creating a Dark Mode Splash Screen

Xamarin: Creating a Dark Mode Splash Screen

Now that iOS 13 and Android Q support Dark Mode, we'll want our app's Splash Screen to be dark too. Let's explore how to create a Splash Screen that is dark when Dark Mode is enabled, but still light when Dark Mode is disabled!

Check for Dark Mode in Xamarin.Forms

Check for Dark Mode in Xamarin.Forms

Both iOS 13 and Android Q now let the user enable Dark Mode for the operating system. Let's explore how to check whether the user has enabled Dark Mode in our Xamarin.Forms apps.

Making ObservableCollection Thread-Safe in Xamarin.Forms

Making ObservableCollection Thread-Safe in Xamarin.Forms

ObservableCollection is the recommended collection [https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/listview/data-and-databinding?WT.mc_id=threadsafeobservablecollection-codetraveler-bramin] to use for ListViews, but it isn't thread safe. Let's explore how we can fix this and use it in our multi-threaded apps! The Xamarin.Forms team recommends using ObservableCollection [https://docs.

Keeping up with Xamarin

Keeping up with Xamarin

Tips and tricks to stay up-to-date with Xamarin, iOS, Android and .NET

Walkthough: Creating UI Tests for Xamarin.Forms Apps, Part 2

In Part 1 [https://www.codetraveler.io/2018/05/22/creating-uitests-for-xamarin-forms-apps-part-1/#traveler] , we created a File -> New Xamarin.Forms app, and added UI tests to it. In this post we'll learn how to create scalable UI tests that allow us to reuse code using Page Object architecture. We'll take

Walkthough: Creating UI Tests for Xamarin.Forms Apps, Part 1

Let's run through a few simple steps to add an automated UITest to a Hello World app made with Xamarin.Forms + Xamarin.UITest