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Get Ready for iOS 13 and Xcode 11

David OrtinauSeptember 13, 2019Sep 13, 201909/13/19

Support for iOS 13 and Xcode 11 to accompany Apple’s Xcode Gold Master (GM) release has just been announced! Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and Xamarin.Forms for iOS) apps with Xcode 11 GM and submit your iOS 13, tvOS 13 and watchOS 6 apps to the Apple App Store.

Modernizing iOS Apps for Dark Mode with Xamarin

David OrtinauAugust 30, 2019Aug 30, 201908/30/19

Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Forms deliver native iOS experiences for iOS 13 Apple which introduces dark mode: A system-wide option for light and dark themes to choose themes or allow iOS to dynamically change appearance based on the environment and time of day.

Send Surveys, Collect Feedback, and Smash Bugs with One Line of Code with Instabug

charlotteswanAugust 23, 2019Aug 23, 201908/23/19

In this Guest Blog post learn why having in-app feedback is important to application success and how Instabug can enable a super simple way to stream line user feedback and crash reporting.

Snppts – Beautiful UI Snippets for Xamarin.Forms

steventhewissenJuly 15, 2019Jul 15, 201907/15/19

Guest Post: Snppts allows you to contribute your user interface designs created in Xamarin to benefit other community members and to show off your work. Contributing is as simple as creating a PR on our repository with your author and snippet information. Learn more...

iOS 13 Preview Release Now Available

Pierce BogganJuly 3, 2019Jul 3, 201907/3/19

Today, we are excited to share our first preview containing support for iOS 13 and Xcode 11! With today's preview, you can begin building applications using Xcode 13 and begin integrating existing new APIs for iOS 13 such as Sign in with Apple, along with support for iPadOS 13, watchOS 6, tvOS 13, and macOS 10.15.

Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

James MontemagnoJune 7, 2019Jun 7, 201906/7/19

Browse the Xamarin.Essentials Maps documentation to learn about all of the great cross-platform native APIs with additional implementation and limitation details. Xamarin.Essentials is open source on GitHub where you can report issues, ask for features, and contribute to the library.

Introducing the Xamarin.iOS Interpreter

Chris HamonsMarch 26, 2019Mar 26, 201903/26/19

Historically iOS applications have had a number of limitations when running on a device, as Apple disallows the execution of dynamically generated code. Applications are compiled “Ahead of Time” (AOT) before deployment because of this. You can read more about this architecture here.

Using Existing C++ Libraries in Cross-Platform Xamarin.Forms Applications

Mike ParkerFebruary 4, 2019Feb 4, 201902/4/19

Have you ever needed to integrate a C/C++ library in your Xamarin apps? Checkout this full Walkthrough pf an approach to wrapping a C/C++ library so it can be incorporated into Xamarin-based solutions via NuGet in a cross-platform manner.

Get Ready for iOS 12 and Xcode 10

David OrtinauSeptember 19, 2018Sep 19, 201809/19/18

Support for iOS 12 and Xcode 10 to accompany Apple’s Xcode Gold Master (GM) release has just been announced! We have also published updated documentation and samples to help you quickly get started with all the latest new features. Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and of course Xamarin.Forms for iOS) applications with Xcode 10 GM and submit your iOS 12, tvOS 12, and watchOS 5 applications to the Apple App Store.

Handling input from Apple Pencil

Prashant CholachaguddaSeptember 19, 2018Sep 19, 201809/19/18

After months of contemplation before finally buying an Apple Pencil to go along with the iPad Pro, it turns out it is as magical as they say! This blog post describes how to use Xamarin.iOS and Visual Studio 2017 to build a signature pad app that works with Apple Pencil.

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