Weekly Mobile Newsletter - Issue 21

Released 31.07.2020

Since all the source code for the DEM V2 is open, it's possible to get deeply involved, both in tracking down issues and making significant product changes.

A Beginner’s Guide for Contributing to DEM V2

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Being part of an open source project means more than just writing code — there are many ways that you can contribute.

What Contributions Will We Accept

In short, we’ll entertain anything that makes the DEM V2 product better in terms of stability, quality, and capability. This may take the shape of:

1. Report issue or open the proposal
2. Bug fixes
3. Feature implementations
4. Write UI Tests
5. Improve documentation
6. Add new amazing Styles and Themes
7. Update translations or add new languages
8. DevOps (Release, Deployment, Publish ...)
9. Create short explainer videos or/and technical blogs
10. Invite others to participate

Before you even start contributing, unless its a small change, it is best to subscribe to mailing list and discuss your changes.

Community

The DEM V2 open source community includes developers from around the SEE region. For the latest information and discussions on the topics you’re interested in, join our official communication channels.

Although a lot of discussion happens on the public mailing lists, the community also engages in interactive discussion on Microsoft Teams.

Xamarin Forms ​

• Creating a Binding Library in Xamarin (Part. 2)

• Show/Hide password using EventTrigger in Xamarin Forms

• Xamarin.Forms RowDefinition & ColumnDefinition through binding

• UI Challenge - BMI Calculator using Xamarin Forms

DevOps

• App Store and TestFlight Distribution

• Publish an update to Google Play Store, including the Alpha and Beta tracks from App Center

This week recommendation for reading from documentation

• Xamarin documentation - what's new

• Fonts in Xamarin.Forms

Code & Samples

• HealthKit/GoogleFit plugin for Xamarin Forms

• Efficient way to add a shimmering effect to your Xamarin.Forms applications.

• Reminder App - Saw an amazing design online and tried to replicate it using xamarin forms

News

• You can now verify credit card info with biometrics in Google Chrome

• The Xamarin Summit - Don't miss this free half-day summit brought to you by the editors of Visual Studio Magazine! (Friday, August 7th at 9am PDT / 12 noon EDT)

• Xamarin.Forms 4.8.0.1238-pre3 (4.8.0 Pre Release 3) Release Notes

• Some users have noticed that Instagram is unexpectedly accessing the camera, reports The Verge.

Video

• July 29, 2020 DEM Training - Video 1 Custimization of UI (Onedrive link)

• July 29, 2020 DEM Training - Video 2 Build process and Tools (Onedrive link)

Podcast

• Merge Conflict: 212: Model-View-Update (MVU) - What, Why, How

C#/.NET

• Official Support for Remote Debugging a .NET Core Linux app in WSL2 from Visual Studio on Windows

• Coding practices: The most important ones – Part 2

• Reverse engineering tools for .NET applications

Design

• Microsoft Developer Division released a huge amount of diverse stock photography under Creative Commons that you can use in blogs and presentations!

• Is Redesigning Your Mobile App A Bad Idea

Events

• .NET Conf:Focus on Microservices July 30, 2020. All recordings are available on Channel9 and YouTube.

• Microsoft Create Front End, July 29, 2020 Virtual event video

Other

• Parenting and COVID-19: A reflection on inequality based on assumptions from a distant past

• Bill pay innovation hasn't put consumers front and center

• Gartner Top 10 Trends include Decision Intelligence

• CVS to introduce PayPal and Venmo QR code payments

Useful Links

• GitHub DEM 2.0 AssecoSee repository
• Documentation
• DEM 2.0 Roadmap
• DEM 2.0 AssecoSee AppCentar
• Release History

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