In this post I will have a closer look at Google’s new mobile framework Flutter and compare it to my previous experience with Xamarin forms. This is not a tutorial but more an overview to get you started
The Xamarin Project Mystery
In this post I will try to clear up some missconceptions about the Xamarin Forms project structure, have a closer look at the differences between PCL and Shared Projects and explain some tricks that you can do with both of … Read the more... “The Xamarin Project Mystery”
The secret life of a Xaml Page
Disclaimer: Post describes Xaml Pages used in Xamarin Forms
If you are like me the first time when confronted with a Xaml page they look sort of really alien to an old school programmer who has never did dirty web … Read the more... “The secret life of a Xaml Page”
Advanced ListView Bindings
The traditional Binding
When first making contact with ListViews in an Xamarin Forms MVVM design you usually publish an ObservableCollection as a property of the ViewModel of your Page, bind the ItemSource of the ListView to it and then bind … Read the more... “Advanced ListView Bindings”
Virtual ObservableCollection
Virtualised collection views like ListView or CarouselView are great as they generate their views on the fly based on a DataTemplate. The problem is they need a collection that contains all elements that you want to display. Sometimes this … Read the more... “Virtual ObservableCollection”
How to Distribute Files with your App
Often we need to distribute some files together with our App like a prepopulated database, settings files, image etc. To do this there are basically three methods:
Embedded Resoures
- Quite good for Images like icons
- read only
- not directly accessable
What you always wanted to know about Gorilla Player….
One of the most requested features of Xamarin Forms is a visual Xaml Editor. Sure, it would be nice, but it would never show you how your App will look on different devices. So I think the way that the … Read the more... “What you always wanted to know about Gorilla Player….”
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after long thoughts I decided to start a blog too. My I have two goals with this blog.
- Share experiences that I made while developing, perhaps saving others time making not the same mistakes
- Write up information that I