Adam Hartley

Create and Host tvOS TVML Apps with Azure and Xamarin

February 22nd, 2018

Creating amazing tvOS TVML apps doesn't have to be hard. In this blog post, I'll go over the many similarities tvOS has to iOS and show you how to create a sample quiz app using UIKit that harnesses the power of Azure and Xamarin. We can create wonderful apps for the Apple TV, but what if you want a super dynamic app, such as those used ...

Introduction to tvOS

December 11th, 2017

Recently, Apple announced the AppleTV 4K, an improved version of the AppleTV launched in 2015, which brought us a new platform to develop for in tvOS. With the touch-enabled Siri remote, we have a new way to interact with apps on the big screen which is different, but not entirely unfamiliar. Having a device like this in the living room ...

Add Push Notifications to iOS Apps with Azure Notification Hubs

June 19th, 2017

Push Notifications have become ubiquitous in mobile apps since they were first introduced. One of the major advantages of push notifications is being able to deliver a contextual notification without having the app manually check (or poll) a server; this saves a lot of battery life due to reduced CPU usage. Another key advantage of push ...

Using Local Notifications in Xamarin.Mac

May 24th, 2017

At Xamarin, we strive to empower you to create beautiful, practical, native mobile apps, but we also have a love of desktop applications. Xamarin.Mac and, more recently, Xamarin.Forms for Mac, give you everything you need to produce the same high quality app for the macOS desktop as you can for mobile devices. Like mobile apps, a desktop...

Displaying Data with macOS Table Views

April 12th, 2017

In addition to beautiful, cross-platform native mobile apps, Xamarin also enables you to create macOS apps with Xamarin.Mac. To get started, be sure to read our introductory post to macOS development in C# where we begin to build a Pomodoro task-tracking application. Our application consists of a countdown timer that assists with managing...

Building Your First macOS App

February 22nd, 2017

When developers think of building Xamarin apps for Apple devices, they often think of iPhone and iPad, but you can also build apps for macOS. While not exactly the same as its iOS counterpart, there are many transferable skills for iOS developers looking to build apps for macOS. With Xamarin.Mac, developers can create great macOS apps ...