Mobile App Development Archives

An Introduction to .NET Multi-platform App UI

11th March 2021
Leah Monterroso
.NET, Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

.NET 6 went into its first preview in the middle of February. Though it is not due for release until November, .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) is worth taking a look a look at now. It is something to understand and get excited about, with a lot of changes coming.

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Azure Mobile Apps v4.2.0

17th December 2020
Leah Monterroso
Azure, Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News

Azure Mobile Apps v4.2.0 saw an update of all core platforms with the migration to .NET Standard.

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Xamarin.Forms 5.0 Preview

19th November 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

The .NET conference of last week had large segments devoted to Xamarin and we thought this was a good time to take a look at Xamarin.Forms 5.0.

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Xamarin iOS 14.0

12th November 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

Support for iOS 14 and Xcode 12 accompanied Apple’s Xcode 12 GM release, meaning it is now possible to build Xamarin.Forms for iOS and Xamarin.iOS apps with Xcode 12 GM and present your iOS 14, tvOS 14 and watchOS7 apps in the Apple App Store.

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Custom Cloud Development in Azure

29th October 2020
Geoff Ballard
Application Integration, Azure, Azure Integration Services, Ballard Chalmers, Blog, Mobile App Development, Non-profit, Power Platform, Software Development

In this blog, we take a look at four recent custom cloud development projects that we have undertaken using Azure Integration Services, The Power Platform and more.

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Successful Custom Software Development – AppCan’s Field Data Solution

16th October 2020
Andrew Chalmers
Ballard Chalmers, Blog, Business, Mobile App Development, Project Delivery, Software Development

A look at successful custom software development with AppCan - the smart field data solution. Part two in the series.

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Xamarin.Forms 4.7 – What’s New?

23rd July 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

Xamarin.Forms 4.7 was released in June with a host of improvements. As with all Xamarin.Forms releases, every feature update brings you more customisation, faster coding and an expansion of options to create with.

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Exposure Notification APIs Available on Xamarin

10th June 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

Google and Apple have produced Exposure Notification APIs through Bluetooth Low Energy to aid in contact tracing. The Xamarin team has been following the development closely and the first preview of bindings for Android and iOS Exposure APIs is now out.

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Xamarin.Forms 4.6 Styling Improvements

5th June 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

Xamarin.Forms regular updates bring us a range of improvements. An interesting new feature from version 3.6 was the addition of Material Design controls from Google which allows you to match the default Android experience. Xamarin.Forms 4.6 is now building on this addition with further bindings to the Google library and added styling support.

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Xamarin.Essentials 1.5 – What’s New

5th May 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, Mobile App Development, News, Xamarin

April brought us the release of Xamarin.Essentials 1.5, bringing us further simplification of intricate native features.

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