Weekly Mobile Newsletter - Issue 6

Released 17.04.2020.

Hi All, happy holidays!

We have one more reason for celebration Halk Android going to production!

DEM Documentation

Release version with App Center

​We updated our documentation about the release process, please take a look

https://bankapi.net/demdemo/site/docs/quick-starts/version-release/index.html

.NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin Event Recap ​

All of the videos, slides, and links to demo code is now available on GitHub for you to watch, use for your own virtual event, blogs posts, or anything thing else you can think of.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/net-conf-focus-on-xamarin-event-recap/

Xamarin Forms ​

• AI meets your Xamarin.Forms app — chatbots https://medium.com/@codrinamerigo/ai-meets-your-xamarin-forms-app-chatbots-18b0cc90bf93
• Migrating ListView To CollectionView in Xamarin.Forms - Benefits https://www.mfractor.com/blogs/news/migrating-listview-to-collectionview-in-xamarin-forms-benefits
• Cool Showcase of Xamarin Forms Student Projects https://xamgirl.com/showcase-of-xamarin-forms-student-projects/

This week recommendation for reading from documentation

• Xamarin.Forms in Xamarin Native Projects https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/platform/native-forms
• Sync Mobile Apps with the Cloud via Change Tracking API https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/azure-sql-change-tracking-data-sync/

Code & Samples

• Unofficial app to help MVPs manage their community activities easier https://github.com/sthewissen/MVP
• Xamarin.Forms an animated button, in the style of the YouTube play button https://github.com/mariusmuntean/PlayPauseStopButton
• Xamarin UI Challenge - Credit Card Checkout https://lioncoding.com/2019/10/11/2019-10-11-xamarin-ui-challenge-credit-card-checkout/
• An alternative UI framework on top of Xamarin Forms highly inspired to React.js and Flutter https://github.com/adospace/reactorui-xamarin

News ​

• Xamarin.Forms 4.6-pre4 has new features like RadioButton, ExpanderControl, C# Markup Extensions, etc. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/4.6/4.6.0-pre4

Video

• Xamarin.Forms 101: Resources for getting started with Xamarin https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/XamarinShow/XamarinForms-101-Resources-for-getting-started-with-Xamarin?ocid=3006539
• Xamarin Warsaw Mobile Developers https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2xK2uzQExDW-DyuvyC6wSg
• Animation in Xamarin Forms was explained by designing a Real-Estate App https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDw9R8seqMo&feature=youtu.be&sub_confirmation=1
• Consuming GraphQL in C# https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Consuming-GraphQL-in-C

Other

• Microsoft thinks coronavirus will forever change the way we work and learn https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21214314/microsoft-teams-usage-coronavirus-pandemic-work-habit-change
• Free eBook https://luismts.com/7-tactics-to-structure-your-project-with-xamarin-forms/

The best mobile development links, every week

Mobile team