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When using date pickers, sometimes we have the need to be able to set no value at all. For that just created a control to a support nullable date value but also provide the possibility to clear it. Using it is really simple, let’s do it step by step: 1-In your Forms project add this control […]
Just released the Multilingual Plugin , it makes easier the process of adding and handling multi language support across Xamarin Forms, iOS, Android, UWP, Mac, tvOS and watchOS. Set up Using it is really simple and you can set up all in just 3 steps: 1-Install the plugin in all your projects 2-Add your Resx resource files in your PCL […]
Sometimes we have a design in which one we need an entry with an icon inside, in this article I will show you how to achieve that in Xamarin Forms by using a custom renderer per platform. Let’s code 1- Create the control As you can see here, I created five main properties: Image: Property to […]
In the third part of this series about Prism, we talked about Modules, Event Aggregator and EventToCommand. This time we will learn about how to use other page types like MasterDetailPage and TabbedPage. Master Detail Page Creating a Master detail page in Prism is really simple, you just have to create a new page that […]
In the second part of this series about Prism, we talked about Deep linking, Delegate Commands, Platform services, etc. In this article, we will learn about more interesting concepts: Modules, Event Aggregator and EventToCommand. Event Aggregator Let’s say you have an application in which there’s a specific part of your code where you want to […]
In the first part of this series of articles about Prism, we started by showing the first steps, learning how to install it, register pages and services, basic navigation between pages, passing parameters, etc. In this article, we will continue talking about some more advanced topics on Navigation and also will show some handy stuff […]
In this article, I will explain to you in a very simple way what Prism is, how to use it, and what you can do with it. This article will include: An overview of what Prism is How to set up How to connect Views with ViewModels How to navigate and different types of navigation […]
I have 4 years developing in Xamarin and I really love it, but one of the things that can sometimes drive me crazy is when my Mac runs out of memory. I have a MacBook Pro with 256 hardDisk, so as you can see I don’t have a lot of space to waste. In this […]
When using Xamarin Forms sometimes we have the need to make our applications look better by applying some styles.But what if our application uses a similar style for all our controls in the entire application and we just want to apply it to all these controls without too much effort. The solution of that is using […]
Lottie is a library created by Airbnb that allows you to run animations. It works by using a Json file that provides the content to render the animation. Thanks to Martijn van Dijk, this awesome library is also available on Xamarin Forms. For more information checkout the repository here: https://github.com/martijn00/LottieXamarin. Also, I would recommend checking out […]