Xamarin 10/9/2019 Android Wi-Fi Debugging with ADB and Xamarin Visual Studio Debugging an Android App over wifi opens up new scenarios that you can't simulate with an emulator or connected device via USB. If you are like me and have custom hardware that requires a large charging cradle, it makes it even harder to test a device in your hand. See my blog about the Zebra TC70x which shows you the kind of device I am currently working with.
DNN 9/10/2019 DNN Module Action Menu: JavaScript Link Adding javascript to a DNN Module's Action Menu should not be difficult and it is a common use-case. Let's walk through what a Module Action Menu item is and how to trigger javascript snippets to execute when the admin or other user triggers the event.
Xamarin 8/28/2019 FontImageSource Markup Extension FontImageSource is a new way to use web fonts to render common images such as action buttons in your app. Before this was added into the platform in version Xamarin.Forms 3.6 you would have to create resources for each platfrom and treat it as an image. Now in Xamarin.Forms version 4.2 there is a brand new Markup Extension to simplify your XAML
Xamarin 8/26/2019 Xamarin Saturday 2019 Recap Xamarin Saturday 2019 was held at BSI Labs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this year on August 24th. The community organized event by the Toronto .NET Mobile Developers User Group. A full day of either hands on learning or presentations from Xamarin Community leaders from around the world descending on Toronto.
Xamarin 7/8/2019 The Coordinate System in Xamarin.Forms and Android This month is Xamarin UI July and this article is the July 8th 2019 Featured Blog where we will learn about the Cartesian Coordinate System and how it applies to Computer Graphics, Xamarin.Forms and the different platforms that our mobile app run on.
Xamarin 6/26/2019 Xamarin.Forms Shell: Customizing the TabBar (Android) Xamarin.Forms 4.0 brings new enhancements to the platform that has Xamarin Developers excited. My favorite new feature is Xamarin Shell which creates simple APIs for building powerful apps that include Tab Bars, Flyout Menus and more! The tooling builds an Application Shell and let's the developer focus on buidling their application.
Azure 5/22/2019 Where to Find Azure AD Tenant Name When integrating with Azure Services regardless of what the service is, you are commonly required to provide a Tenant ID which is sometimes refered to as a Directory ID. This is a GUID that is used commonly for API access. Some tools skip the Tenant ID and request a Tennant Name? What is that?
DNN 5/16/2019 DNN Dependency Injection: WebForms Modules Dependency Injection is a new feature coming to DNN in 9.4 that allows you to inject abstractions or other objects into your Web Forms Module. This has been a common practice in both ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core application development. Removing the tight coupling between your controller code and business layer of your module.
DNN 5/15/2019 DNN Dependency Injection: Razor3 Modules Dependency Injection is a new feature coming to DNN in 9.4 that allows you to inject abstractions or other objects into your Razor3 Module. This has been a common practice in both ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core application development. Removing the tight coupling between your controller code and business layer of your module.
DNN 5/14/2019 DNN Dependency Injection: SPA & Web API Modules Dependency Injection is a new feature coming to DNN in 9.4 that allows you to inject abstractions or other objects into your SPA Web API Module Controllers. This has been a common practice in both ASP.NET Web API and ASP.NET Core application development. Removing the tight coupling between your controller code and business layer of your module.