Software development ramblings, mostly Azure, ASP.NET, Xamarin and related tools and technologies
When you are not from a English speaking country like myself, you will probably find yourself creating apps in your native language from time to time. Localization is something that you probably want to look into. While doing just that in Xamarin.Forms I noticed that, when using controls like the SearchBar (which is further explained in … Read more Localization of the default iOS controls
While working on a project I had to develop multiple forms which involved multiple fields which required to input a (valid) date. Xamarin already included a default DatePicker. But I need one which could be fit into my form being a TableView, also provided by Xamarin. Unfortunately for me, they didn’t combine these two to create a … Read more Reusable custom usercontrols with BindableProperty
While Xamarin.Forms provides a unified way to also create our UI from a single code base, the default controls tend to be just that; default controls. To be able to customize these, you can use a custom renderer. Don’t get me wrong, I am very happy with these controls and they can be used to … Read more Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo – Using a Custom Renderer to enchant your UI
If Ariel would’ve been born a few decades later (or existed at all, for that matter..), there would be no problem! She could just develop an app with text-to-speech capabilities and let that do the talking for her. In this post I will be looking at the DependencyService (documentation) and to demonstrate how that works I will … Read more ‘But without my voice, how can I…’ – Using DependencyService to implement Text-to-Speech
Xamarin.Forms gives you a component called the SearchBar (documentation), by default. In this post I will show you what it can do and how to use it. Like you would expect, this gives you a simple text edit box which is specifically designed to serve in search operations. To show you how easy it is … Read more Finding Nemo – Implementing Xamarin.Forms SearchBar
In an earlier post, where I talked about configuring your environment for development, I mentioned that the Android Emulator gave me a bit of a headache. On Planet Xamarin, a aggregator for multiple Xamarin minded blogs, I came across a post about making the Xamarin Android Player work. After following the instructions in the blog … Read more Xamarin Android Emulator update
In my previous post I have covered the basics of starting with Xamarin, more specific Xamarin.Forms. There I have described that my first app would be a business app for the company I work for. In the meanwhile I have been working on this app to get it ready for the App Store, Market and/or Play … Read more Xamarin.Forms: from zero to hero – part 2
Ok, so Xamarin is my weapon of choice. Now what? The plan of approach seemed pretty simple upfront: Get Xamarin Get developing Get filthy rich Using the words ‘seemed’ and ‘upfront’ together might already give away the clue a little bit doesn’t it? It wasn’t as easy as I thought.. The ingredients First off; how … Read more Setting up shop for Xamarin
For quite some time now I have been working with all sorts of Microsoft technologies both professionally as for just the fun of it. Visual Studio is a breeze to work with, Azure is taking giant leaps, ASP.NET never made it easier to work with the web and now for Windows Phone making apps was never … Read more Xamarin: First contact, welcome to my blog