In the beginning of 2020, I was polishing up the app for my personal blog as well as my WordPress reader library. I started to write a series about my experience on implementing push notifications ...

If you are writing reusable code, chances are high that you will write quite some code that deals with types, generics, and interfaces. Over the years, the collection of my helper extensions for th...

When it comes to navigation patterns in mobile apps, the tabbed interface is one of the most popular options. While Xamarin.Forms has the TabbedPage (and Shell) to fulfill that need, it lacks one e...

If you are working with collections in your app, chances are high you are going to want (or need) to scroll to a specific item at some point. CollectionView has the ScrollTo method that allows you ...

If you haven’t heard about the #XamarinMonth before, you should either click on the hashtag or read Luis’ blog post where he introduces the topic. At the end of his post, you will also find a link ...

First, let’s have a look at the lineup of this series once again: Preparing your WordPress (blog/site) Preparing the Azure Function and connect the Webhook (this post) Preparing the Notific...

Overview Choosing the “right” solution for sending push notifications isn’t easy if you have a WordPress blog. There are quite a bunch of options to choose from, and the right one for you might di...

Here are the new features: Push Notifications With version 1.6.0 of the app, you can opt-in to receive push notifications once I publish a new blog post. I use an Azure Function (v1, for the ease...

Currently, I am working on an update for my blog reader app on iOS to bring it on par with the Android version (which snagged push notifications for new posts already). As my WordPressReader librar...

Why do I need this? When working with text, we often have to deal with some or all of the following: dynamic text with different length on every instance multiple devices with different scre...