In the last few days, I was working on some improvements for my WordPressReader (Standard) library. I am happy to announce that an update to version 1.2.0 is now available.
22
Apr
2018
19
Apr
2018
Xamarin Android: asymmetric encryption without any user input or hardcoded values
In this post I am showing you how to securely create a key pair for asymmetric encryption in your Xamarin Android app, without any user interaction needed and – more important – without any hardcoded values in your code.
21
Mar
2018
#XfQaD: Limit maximum lines of Label and indicate text truncation
If we want to display some text in our Xamarin.Forms app, chances are high we are going to use the Label control. But what if we want to limit the maximum visible lines of such a Label? This is what this #XfQaD is about.
17
Mar
2018
WordPressReader (Standard) library is now available on Nuget
With this post, I am happy to announce my new WordPressReader (Standard) library is now available on Nuget.
13
Feb
2018
#XfQaD: read package identity and version from platform project with Xamarin.Forms
In this second #XFQaD I am showing how to read your applications’s package identity as well as the package version using their dedicated native implementations for that task.
26
Jan
2018
#XfQaD: Using ProgressRing for UWP and keep a single activity indicator API in Xamarin.Forms
In this first post of my new #XfQaD series I am showing a “Quick-and-Dirty” solution to bring the UWP ProgressRing into a Xamarin.Forms project while keeping the default ActivityIndicator for all other platforms.
31
Dec
2017
Saying Goodbye to 2017 [Editorial]
2017 is slowly coming to an end, which means it’s time for my traditional review of the passed year.
20
Dec
2017
Xamarin Forms, the MVVMLight Toolkit and I: loading bundled assets in the Forms project
A common practice is bundling resource files like images or other files and ship them with the application. Apps written with Xamarin.Forms make no difference here. This post is showing a simple way to access those bundled resources/assets from within the Xamarin.Forms project.
14
Dec
2017
[Updated] A workaround for Xamarin Forms 2.5 bug that prevents resource declaration in App.xaml
Xamarin Forms 2.5 introduced a bug that prevents resource declaration in App.xaml like many of us are used to. This post shows a possible workaround.
30
Oct
2017
Xamarin Forms, the MVVMLight Toolkit and I: taking control over the back buttons
In this post of my ongoing series about using MVVMLight with Xamarin Forms, I am going to show you an easy way to take control over the back button behavior that requires only a few lines of code.