I’ve just had to handle the situation where a user taps on a text editor control in an iOS view and the keyboard auto appears. Whilst this is obviously great.
By default IIS and ASP.NET aren’t configured as part of a Windows setup (for obvious reasons) so developers are used to having to register IIS manually before being able to.
After having upgraded to Windows 10 I found that I had some networking issues running the Xamarin Android Player. When trying to start the emulator it would attempt to create.
I recently had a requirement to completely package up a .NET application so that it was extremely portable beyond it’s initial installation. By bundling all the dependencies into the main.
When targeting the way a ListBoxItems are styled on pre Windows 8 platforms you could easily change with style syntax like: This would essentially override the OS level WPF style.
I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to setup but if you take that effort hit upfront it.
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I.
Hmm … missing your lovely Xamarin Android intellisense in the Visual Studio .axml code editor? Me too … The Solution Open Visual Studio Open any .AXML file in your solution.
This is a useful little tidbit of knowledge to have. Suppose you can browse to your new spanky site using IISExpress at http://localhost:54275/ … now you want to look at.
Originally Written 20 June 2014 So, if you have found this blog post as you are going through this process and have hit numerous brick walls I’m afraid I’ve got.
At the moment I’m working through the implementation of a mobile application build on top of the Xamarin platform targeting Android, iOS and eventually Windows Phone as well. I’ve done.
Yesterday was another one of those little lessons in Unit Testing. In one of the applications I work on there is a lot of clever string manipulation in order to.
I’ve been recently revisiting a WebAPI client implementation that uses DotNetOpenAuth for authorising calls to an OAuth 2.0 protected WebAPI. So I thought I’d share the generic methods I wrote.
One advantage of MVC Razor could also be deemed a disadvantage. No comile time checking of views. I personally love the dynamic nature of build the Razor views but you.
Honestly, for tool that’s supposed to make life easier and more robust I find myself battling with it often. I’ve been upgrading some of the packages in one of my.
I suspect I’m not alone in that even though I’m using Code First for my data access there are points where it just makes more sense to encapsulate a complex.
iOS Keyboard Handling in MvvmCross View Controller
I’ve just had to handle the situation where a user taps on a text editor control in an iOS view and the keyboard auto appears. Whilst this is obviously great.
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Enable ASP.NET 4.5 On Windows 10 or Windows 8/8.1
By default IIS and ASP.NET aren’t configured as part of a Windows setup (for obvious reasons) so developers are used to having to register IIS manually before being able to.
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Xamarin Android Player in Windows 10
After having upgraded to Windows 10 I found that I had some networking issues running the Xamarin Android Player. When trying to start the emulator it would attempt to create.
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Package Dependencies & Deploying .NET
I recently had a requirement to completely package up a .NET application so that it was extremely portable beyond it’s initial installation. By bundling all the dependencies into the main.
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WPF ListBoxItem Selected Background Highlight in Windows 8
When targeting the way a ListBoxItems are styled on pre Windows 8 platforms you could easily change with style syntax like: This would essentially override the OS level WPF style.
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Xamarin Android Automated CI Publishing Using MSBuild & JetBrains TeamCity
I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to setup but if you take that effort hit upfront it.
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Learning MvvmCross
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I.
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Xamarin Android AXML Intellisense
Hmm … missing your lovely Xamarin Android intellisense in the Visual Studio .axml code editor? Me too … The Solution Open Visual Studio Open any .AXML file in your solution.
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View IISEXpress Hosted Sites On Your Local Network
This is a useful little tidbit of knowledge to have. Suppose you can browse to your new spanky site using IISExpress at http://localhost:54275/ … now you want to look at.
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Upgrading MVC4 to MVC5 and WebAPI1 to WebAPI2 – MEF – DotNetOpenAuth
Originally Written 20 June 2014 So, if you have found this blog post as you are going through this process and have hit numerous brick walls I’m afraid I’ve got.
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Xamarin – The Baptism of Fire – Windows 7
So as I blogged a few days ago about the issues I was having with getting to grips with all the issues I was having (which you can read here).
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PCL Profile 259 in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7, Xamarin, MvvmCross & ReSharper 7.1
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to.
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Code Reviewing – Xamarin Components and MvvmCross Plugins
At the moment I’m working through the implementation of a mobile application build on top of the Xamarin platform targeting Android, iOS and eventually Windows Phone as well. I’ve done.
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Unit Tests in User Configurable Applications
Yesterday was another one of those little lessons in Unit Testing. In one of the applications I work on there is a lot of clever string manipulation in order to.
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Xamarin Pairing Visual Studio 2012 to Mac for iOS Builds
Well, this was a bit of a pain in the arse. When I initially paired Visual Studio 2012 to my Mac it all seemed to pair and be happy. No.
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Wrapping HttpClient
I’ve been recently revisiting a WebAPI client implementation that uses DotNetOpenAuth for authorising calls to an OAuth 2.0 protected WebAPI. So I thought I’d share the generic methods I wrote.
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Compile Time Checking for MVC Views
One advantage of MVC Razor could also be deemed a disadvantage. No comile time checking of views. I personally love the dynamic nature of build the Razor views but you.
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Nuget Strikes Again
Honestly, for tool that’s supposed to make life easier and more robust I find myself battling with it often. I’ve been upgrading some of the packages in one of my.
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Loading Entity Framework Navigation Properties with Stored Procedures
I don’t see a lot of posts about this but it is possible to achieve. Classes Example Stored Procedure Using a DbSet … this DOES NOT WORK if you are.
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Entity Framework Code First Migrations and Running SQL Scripts
I suspect I’m not alone in that even though I’m using Code First for my data access there are points where it just makes more sense to encapsulate a complex.
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