Weekly Mobile Newsletter - Issue 23

Released 21.08.2020

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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.

Can I contribute?

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 writing code, unless its a small bug fix, it is best to subscribe to our mailing list/chat and discuss your changes.

Xamarin Forms ​

• Major Breaking Changes Proposed for Xamarin.Forms 5.0

• App First Run Detection with Xamarin.Essentials

• Templated Controls in Xamarin.Forms

• Profiling Xamarin.Android Startup

• A Dev Story: College Diary with Xamarin.Forms by Theodora Tataru

• Replicating Streaming UI App in Xamarin Forms

• Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.7 is now available with support for macOS Big Sur

• A Xamarin Stripe example

• DataTemplateSelector in Xamarin.Forms

• TaskLoaderView comes back in Style with DataTemplate

• Announcing the latest release of XamarinForms 4.8 which introduces gradients, brushes, drag & drop, and so much more! Get all the release details with documentation inside

• In Xamarin.Forms 4.8, all the text controls gain a TextTransform property, to control text casing

• Picker gains HorizontalTextAlignment and VerticalTextAlignment properties in Xamarin.Forms 4.8

• New Features in Xamarin.Forms 4.7: Multibinding, Light and Dark Modes

• Load More Messages, Attach and Send Images and Media, Show Interactive Cards in Xamarin Chat Contro

• Focus on creating beautiful interfaces in Xamarin.Forms

• How to Display PDF in Xamarin Forms With Ease

• XamFormsMapsPinsDragandDrop

• Old experimental flags

• Connecting to localhost over HTTPS for (Xamarin) Android release builds

• Understanding .NET MAUI and the future of Xamarin

• MonkeyCache step by step

HUAWEI HMS

• Creating Android Bindings Libraries for Xamarin

• Integrating Libraries for Xamarin

• HUAWEI Push Kit and Xamarin.Android

• The package contains a Visual Studio project for Xamarin that includes the usage examples of Push Kit.

• Huawei potvrđuje da će kompanijini postojeći telefoni nastaviti da dobijaju Android i GMS ažuriranja

DevOps

• A Deep Dive into How .NET Builds and Ships

• Mastering Mobile DevOps with App Center

• Review code with pull requests

• View dependent packages on NuGet.org

This week recommendation for reading from documentation

• Respond to system theme changes in Xamarin.Forms applications

• Add drag and drop gesture recognizers

• Xamarin.Forms Brushes

• This article explains how to support the Share contract in a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app

Code & Samples

• TemplateUI - A set of templated controls : AvatarView, BadgeView, CarouselView, ChatBubble, CircleProgressBar, ComparerView, DataVisualization, GridSplitter, Marquee, Rate, SegmentedControl, Shield, Tag, TreeView

• Stripe.net

• Activate shared element transitions between pages in Xamarin.Forms

• The Xamarin Community Toolkit is a collection of Animations, Behaviors, Converters, and Effects for mobile development with Xamarin.Forms

News

• Uno Platform 3.0 – Linux Support, Fluent, Material and more.

• Xamarin.iOS 13.99 Release Notes - support for Xcode 12 & iOS 14 and iPadOS 14

• Xamarin.Forms 4.8 Ships with Experimental Drag & Drop, Gradients/Brushes

• Xamarin.Forms 4.8.0.1269 (4.8.0) Release Notes

• Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.7 Release Notes

• Microsoft je integrisao Android aplikacije u Windows 10 preko novog Your Phone ažuriranja

• Making repeated edits easier with IntelliCode suggestions in Visual Studio 2019 16.7

• Microsoft will bid farewell to Internet Explorer and legacy Edge in 2021

Video

• Xamarin.Forms New Drawing API! Part 1

• Xamarin Community Standup - August 6th 2020 - Xamarin.Forms 4.8 Gradients with Shane

• Google pay payment gateway in Xamarin Forms - Xamarin Forms Tutorial

• Using Custom Fonts in Xamarin.Forms Apps with Embedded Fonts

• Showing Data with Microcharts in your Xamarin.Forms App

• Text Animation and Micro Animation in Xamarin Forms

Podcast

• Brushes, Gradients, and Shapes

• Dark Mode

• 214: Switching from Android to iPhone

C#/.NET

• Avoid performance issues with JsonSerializer by reusing the same JsonSerializerOptions instance

• Getting Started: Apache Kafka with .NET Core

• Cross-Platform Cryptography in .NET Core and .NET 5

• Secrets of a .NET Professional

• Source Generators in C#

Design

• Microsoft reveals redesigned, much faster Xbox store

• Quiz: Let’s practice some simple UI skills!

• Designing for the Microsoft Surface Duo

• A GPT-3 × Figma plugin that describes your design to you.

Events

• UnoConf 2020

• XA2020: Looking into the Future of Xamarin - Maddy Leger

• XA2020: Developing multi tenant apps with Xamarin.Forms - Alexandre Santos Costa

• XA2020: Reactive UI and Reactive Extensions for Xamarin.Forms - Michael Stonis

• XA2020: Ask the Xamarin Team - Maddy Leger, James Montemagno and David Ortinau

Other

• Use Visual Studio in Presentation Mode

• Patterns of Distributed Systems

• Dopes/s Test Benchmark

• Microsoft to developers: These are our biggest and best open-source projects

• TransferWise and Mastercard Expand Their Global Partnership

• Secret to Customer-Centered Experiences? Live Your Mission at All Your Touchpoints

Useful Links

• Documentation
• GitHub DEM 2.0 AssecoSee repository
• DEM 2.0 AssecoSee AppCentar

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