3 March 2015 / XAMARIN

Xamarin Link Roundup – 2 Mar 2015

What happened in the Xamarin Community last week?

Xamarin Forms

Responding to Orientation Changes in Xamarin Forms
Jeff Prosise shows a way of handling orientation changes in Xamarin.Forms given the lack of Orientation Chaged events
Triggers in Xamarin.Forms
Nish Anil covers Triggers in Xamarin.Forms over at the Xamarin Blog
Writing Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with Visual Studio 2015 and Xamarin Forms – Wintellect DevCenter
Jeff Prosise gets started with Xamarin.Forms by writing a nice looking Calculator
Customizing the Tab Bar on iOS with Xamarin Forms
Jason shows how to do some extended customization of the Tab bar overflow view in iOS on Xamarin.Froms
Understanding Tabs with Xamarin.Forms
Jason looks into customizing the tab overflow in Xamarin.Forms iOS
Getting Started with Xamarin Forms Labs
Matt Whetton gives simple steps in getting the very basics of Xamarin Forms Labs up and running in your app
Deploying a database file with a Xamarin.Forms app
Rob Gibbons shows how to deploy SQLite databases with Xamarin.Forms apps

Swift and C# Quick Reference
Val shares a link to a Microsoft quick reference chart comparing syntax of Swift and C#.
Easily launch the iOS Simulator from the command line
Rob Gibbons shows how to launch iOS Simulator from the command line

Getting Started with Android Wearable using Xamarin and Visual Studio
Vincent Maverick S. Durano begins a series by creating a simple Android Wear application
Developing Xamarin Android Native Applications
Ankit Asthana delves into Xamarin android apps for the C++ and c peeps
The Visual Studio Emulator for Android in VS2015 CTP6
John Kemnetz looks at the latest incarnation of the VS Emulator for Android in VS2015
How To Keep Your Android App Size Down
James Montemagno takes our Android Apps on a diet
My First Xamarin Android App
David Bolton talks about his first Xamarin Android with bar-code scanning, photographing and uploading app.
Xamarin Android – Improving GridView Recycling Performance
Wislon.io shows how to improve GridView Recycling performance in Android

Microsoft Band Sensors – Accelerometer & Gyroscope
Bary Nusz starts digging into the new Microsoft Band SDK
Use Xamarin Android Player from Visual Studio in VMWare or Parallels – Xamarin
A nice little trick to get Mac instance of Xamarin Android Player working from your VS in Parallels.
Performance in Parallels
Johan starts an inquiry into VS / Xamarin performance in Parallels
Introducing Azure for Developers
Adam Anderson provides an overview of Azure services from a developer’s perspective
Tips For Uploading Apps to Organizations in HockeyApp
Greg Shackles joins the throng of people moving to HockeyApp and provides some tips along the way
Microsoft Band – Developers
Microsoft provides an API to it’s Band
TestFlight Out, HockeyApp In – it works on my machine
Jeffry van de Vuurst finds HockeyApp to be a worthy replacement for TestFlight
Android Emulator Launcher for Visual Studio 2013 | Can Bilgin
Can Bilgin shows how to get the new VS 2015 android emulator working on VS 2013
Adding Real-world Context with Estimote Beacons and Stickers | Xamarin Blog
James Montemagno looks at the brand spanking new Estimote SDK available for Xamarin
The coolest tool that you are not yet using (Xamarin edition)
Chris Miller shows the wonders of Sketches and why you should use it

How to Use the Best UI Design Patterns – UXPin
UXPin blog talks about how to use UI Design Patterns effectively and some links to UI Pattern sites.
7 Slow-Mo GIFs That Show Off Android Lollipop’s Delightful Animations
Gizmodo shows the wonders of Lollipops, animations by going slow mo

Give Us the Gist of It Contest Winners!
Xamarin shares the winners to it’s Gist competition.
Introduction to Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android | UserGroup.tv
Adam Kemp’s Introduction to Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android talk (video) from Austin Mobile .NET Developers Group
.NET Rocks! Mobile Testing on Xamarin with James Montemagno
James Montemagno appears on .NET Rocks and talks testing

Everything You Need to Know About Mobile App Search
Justin Briggs talks search marketing and mobile
Building a ScreenshotManager to capture the screen with code
Daniel Hindrikes shows some cross platform techiniques by building a Screen Shot Manager to capture the phone screen on Windows Phone, Android and iOS
Plugin 03: Phone Calling
Mayur Tendulkar creates a Xamarin Plugin for Phone Calling