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alexeystrakh
alexeystrakh
Mar 4, 2021

CollectionView Drag & Drop Item Reordering with Gesture Recognizers

Items reordering in a list-based control is a handy feature and it is used in various use cases. From simple scenarios like configuring settings, defining tabs ...

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Xamarin Community Toolkit TabView
Gerald Versluis
Gerald Versluis
Feb 24, 2021

Beautiful Tabs with Xamarin Community Toolkit TabView

One of the hardest parts of apps to customize is the tab bar. To overcome this, we've added the TabView to the Xamarin Community Toolkit. With the TabView you have full control over the look-and-feel of the tab bar. In this blogpost we'll learn what it's all about.

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The New .NET Multi-platform App UI
David Ortinau
David Ortinau
Feb 3, 2021

The New .NET Multi-platform App UI

With .NET 6 previews starting right around the corner, it is time to start getting excited for the new .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) that was announced at BUILD 2020. This year of .NET has a lot of amazing things for client application developers. Let's review the highlights and set your expectations for the year ahead.

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Beautiful Custom RadioButton with Xamarin.Forms 5
James Montemagno
James Montemagno
Jan 29, 2021

Beautiful Custom RadioButton with Xamarin.Forms 5

Xamarin.Forms 5 introduced control templates for the new RadioButton control that gives you complete control and customization over the user interface.

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Xamarin Community Toolkit: The Third Must-Have Xamarin Library
Gerald Versluis
Gerald Versluis
Jan 25, 2021

Xamarin Community Toolkit: A Must-Have Xamarin Library

We are pleased to introduce the Xamarin Community Toolkit! The toolkit complements Xamarin.Forms 5 with all kinds of commonly found behaviors, converters, effects, MVVM utilities, and awesome new controls including the CameraView, AvatarView, and TabView.

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The New .NET Multi-platform App UI
David Ortinau
David Ortinau
Jan 7, 2021

Xamarin.Forms 5.0 is Here!

Xamarin.Forms 5 is here, delivering hundreds of quality improvements and brings to stable release new features including App Themes, Brushes, CarouselView, RadioButton, Shapes and Paths, and SwipeView.

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Xamarin Holiday Hack Ideas
David Ortinau
David Ortinau
Dec 21, 2020

Xamarin Holiday Hack Ideas

Are you looking for some code-related diversions this holiday season to pass the time and have some fun? So are we! Here are some ideas to help inspire us all.

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December’s Community Standup .NET MAUI Update
Maddy Montaquila
Maddy Montaquila
Dec 2, 2020

December’s Community Standup – .NET MAUI Update

Join Xamarin & .NET MAUI team members Maddy Leger, David Ortinau, and Jon Dick for updates on .NET MAUI, the next generation of Xamarin.Forms to build cross-platform mobile and desktop apps.

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Announcing Azure Mobile Apps v4.2.0 for .NET
Adrian Hall
Adrian Hall
Nov 25, 2020

Announcing Azure Mobile Apps v4.2.0 for .NET

Recently, we released a large update to the Azure Mobile Apps client libraries, enabling you to provide offline sync of cloud SQL data to your iOS and Android apps.

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