Xamarin Link Roundup – 24 Aug 2014
As usual, another Link Roundup of Xamarin / Mobile related links collected over the last week or so. Don’t forget if you have seen something cool that should be on the list, email me, comment or tweet me.
News, Webinars, Podcasts and Presentations
- First Episode of the Xamarin Podcast – Chris Hardy & Pierce Boggan – Congratulations guys on your first Xamarin Podcast. Look forward to so many more!
- What is new on Mono – Slides from my MonkeySpace Talk – Miguel de Icaza
- PlayScript – Miguel de Icaza
- Creating Calca – A symbolic calculator with markdown for iOS and more – Hanselminutes Podcast. There is also a blog post on how Frank Krueger goes multiplatform (hint: Xamarin)
- Webinar Recording: Dashboards and Data Visualization for Mobile using Xamarin and ShinobiControls – Rich Taylor (Xamarin Blog)
- Webinar Recording: Enterprise Mobile App Success with Salesforce and Xamarin – Rich Taylor (Xamarin Blog)
- C# 5 async-await (for EastBay.NET) – Craig Dunn – .NET FUNdamentals presentation for EastBay.NET User Group. Quick overview of the new async-await keywords in C# 5
- C# everywhere – Craig Dunn – Presentation for EastBay.NET user group on C# for non-Microsoft platforms like iOS, Android and Mac using Xamarin.
- PDX Tech Talks Monthly #5 – PADNUG – Marty Matheny (via Bryan Costanich)
Cool Code
- Faster JSON serialization with ServiceStack.Text – Nokia Devleoper Community Blog
- Using the UIRefreshControl with the UICollectionView in Xamarin.iOS – Wallace B. McClure
- Xamarin.Android by example: Monitoring the network status – Willem Meints
- Data Extraction in Mobile Apps With Xamarin – Jeremie Laval
- ProgressButton for Xamarin.Android – MotzCod.es
- Some more code! – MotzCod.es – An index of great stuff from MotzDod.es
- DevLog day – playing with Xamarin and MonoGame – Toni codes .NET
- Notification Hub SDK for Xamarin – Sascha Dittmann
- Xamarin.iOS Conversion – Creating a Simple Maze Game for iPhone – Part 1 – Mike Berlin
- UITabBarItem badge in Xamarin.iOS storyboard example – Matt Mutz
- Extension methods to animate scaling and opacity on Windows Phone – Dotnet by example
Components
- Deliver Mobile Single Sign-On with New Symplified Component – Zack Gramana (Xamarin Blog)
Education
- New Course: An MVC4, iOS And Android App With ServiceStack, Xamarin and C# – Pluralsight
- Getting Started with Xamarin and Windows Azure Mobile Services – Craig Dunn YouTube video
- Callbacks as our Generations’ Go To Statement – Miguel de Icaza (via IOS Dev Weekly)
- Xamarin + PCL + MAC Xamarin Studio + Visual Studio #LetsDoThis – MotzCod.es
Other
- Farlight Brings a Captivating Drawing Experience to Your Device – Daniel Vaughan. 95% Code reuse win!
- Introduction to Windows Store app development for Android programmers – Jennifer Marsman
- Free Download – Windows Phone 8 Book – Paul Thurrott (via DevHammer’s Den)
- iOS App Store Approval Tips and Tricks – Telerik Blog
- Key Ingredients To Make Your App Go Viral – Carla White (Smashing Magazine)
- The Journey – IPhone to Windows Phone – James Quick
- Cross-Platform Mobile Development: How Can Xamarin Bridge the Gap for Top Apps? – Fino Blog
- How to Work with Designers – A Cheat Sheet for Engineers and PMs – Julie Zhuo
- App releases and what happens to those developers – MotzCod.es
- The most important mobile design decision a startup faces – Bubba Murarka (via The Next Web)