9 February 2015 / XAMARIN

Xamarin Link Roundup – 9 Feb 2015

What happened in the Xamarin community last week?

Xamarin.Forms

Cross-Platform – Share UI Code Across Mobile Platforms with Xamarin.Forms

“The Main Man” Jason Smith shows how to share code across multiple platforms
Solving Navigation and Appearance Problems

Digging into Xamarin.Forms navigation and tidying up appearances
Xamarin.Forms and Design challenges

Marcos Cobena replicates the twitter splash screen transition in Xamarin.Forms
The case for Xamarin Forms

A case study into Why Xamarin Forms?
Using delegates to integrate Xamarin.Mobile with Xamarin.Forms

an elegant way of using Xamarin.Mobile with Xamarin.Forms
Issue with Xamarin Forms–InitializeComponent does not exist-Xamarin XAML is not Windows XAML
[Xamarin.Forms Video: Understanding the Basics Xamarin Blog](http://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin.forms-video-understanding-the-basics/)

Steven Yi on the Xamarin Blog presents some basic information on getting started with Xamarin.Forms
Animations in Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms

Josue Ferreiro shows how to add animations to our Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
Get device unique identifier in Xamarin Forms « Corrado’s Blog 2.0

How to get a unique device id in xamarin forms

iOS

A beginner’s guide to submitting an App to the App Store

Trying to make sense of iOS device provisioning and how it works mainly for beginner iOS developers, but can be used as a refresher for experienced ones as well.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">

I been doing iOS dev for years and I still have no idea how provisioning REALLY works. Bang on buttons till it works…

— Jason Smith (@jassmith87) February 7, 2015

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Android

Visual Studio 2015 Preview–Debugging a Xamarin ‘Hello world’ on the Android Emulator
Working New Android 5 Lollipop Features into Your Apps — Visual Studio Magazine

Wally McClure goes through some of the new features of Android Lollipop you should consider incorporating into your apps.
Android Drawables

Compare and contrast drawables, based on version

Cross Platform

Dealing with Spotty Network Coverage in Xamarin

Jim shares some code and strategy for dealing with network coverage, which results in happier users and less exceptions
Cross Platform File Storage with PCLStorage NuGet Package

Nick Randolph shares a cross platform file storage nuget package

Tools and Components

Adding Xamarin Components via Visual Studio

Nick Randolph shares some tips about integrating Xamarin Components through Visual Studio
300 Components and Counting

So many Xamarin Plugins.

[Simplify Using Xamarin.Auth with Async Tasks (A Twitter Example)

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A walkthrough of using xamarin.auth

Taking care of a pet peeve with the Xamarin Build Host

Chris Miller drills into connection issue with Xamarin Build and Bonjour
Jenkins CI with Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin Test Butt and TestFlight – Part 1

Getting started with some Continuous Integration with Xamarin
Getting Started with Xuni LinearGauge for Xamarin.Forms

Some tips for ComponentOne gauge controls

Other

Xamarin Certification Exam Study Guide — Kym Phillpotts

A study guide for Xamarin Certification
Narrow Winding Roadway: Mobile Development Platform Performance Part 2 (Native, Cordova, Classic Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms)

An interesting comparison of performance timings
AdDuplex Blog: Slides: Ads in Mobile Apps and Games 101

Primer from AdDuplex

Community

[Show Us Your App Contest Winners! Xamarin Blog](http://blog.xamarin.com/show-us-your-app-contest-winners/)

Xamarin Blog highlights some awesome Xamarin Apps
Announcing the Xamarin.Forms Book Second Preview Edition!

Looking forward to this book
5 Tips for Contributing to Microsoft Open Source Projects — Visual Studio Magazine

Interested in contributing, read this primer
26 startups to bet your career on 2015

Your investment in Xamarin is worth it.