Caching is never a trivial task. Sometimes, we can use built-in storages, but more often, these take quite some time when we are storing a large amount of data (eg. large datasets or large json str...

DataProtectionProvider The UWP has an easy-to-use helper class to perform encryption tasks on data. Before you can use the DataProtectionProvider class, you have to decide on which level you want ...

I am not repeating all the initial explanations why you should use this way of encryption to secure sensible data in your app(s), as I did this already in the post on how to do that on Android. iO...

The update contains several improvements to the HttpClientimplementation, which should improve performance of the library a lot: all handlers now use one static HttpClientinstance. HttpClientis...

The problem Android is often said to be one of the most unsecure platforms one can use. This problem is home-made, as there is still a lot of fragmentation. There are thousand of models that do no...

The problem Xamarin.Forms.Labelhas a common set of properties we can use to configure how our text is shown. However, it does miss a property to limit the maximum of text lines and a proper indica...

I am happy to announce my new WordPressReader (Standard) library that is available on NuGet now. It is written in .netStandard 1.4 which enables you to use it in a lot of of places. As the name sug...

All of my apps, no matter on which platform, need to know their version number (for displaying in app) and their package identifier (for opening them in their store). If you are following around fo...

I recently recognized that I have written quite a few “Quick-and-Dirty”-solutions for Xamarin Forms that run well for most scenarios. There is a chance they will not work in all and every scenario,...

First Half The first half of the year I wasn’t much into development besides work. I was asked to help building a new German Android news site, which turned out to be an impossible task because of...