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Be quick - 50% off Xamarin In Action for one week
Be quick - 50% off Xamarin In Action for one week

The MEAP of my book, Xamarin In Action, has just been updated to include a new chapter covering …

MvvmCross extension for Visual Studio 2017
MvvmCross extension for Visual Studio 2017

Update - it’s now on the marketplace! Link here: …

MVVM – the design pattern for Xamarin apps
MVVM – the design pattern for Xamarin apps

This article is an excerpt from Xamarin in Action MVVM is the most popular design pattern for …

MvvmCross Extension for Visual Studio for Mac
MvvmCross Extension for Visual Studio for Mac

I’ve been working to update the MvvmCross Xamarin Studio add-in to work with Visual Studio for …

Animating Xamarin Forms progress bars
Animating Xamarin Forms progress bars

Don’t you just hate boring UIs? With no animations to bring them to life? Me too! Especially …

Missing Xamarin Studio add-ins
Missing Xamarin Studio add-ins

In the latest Stable Xamarin Studio (6.1.2) there is a problem with add-ins - the add-in gallery is …

Xamarin Dev Days!
Xamarin Dev Days!

Our Xamarin Dev Days has been immortalized in a YouTube video! Thanks to Peace of Dreams for filming …

Effects in Xamarin.Forms
Effects in Xamarin.Forms

Xamarin.Forms is pretty awesome, it provides an abstraction over the UI layer of iOS, Android and …

Xamarin Dev Days Auckland - 19th November 2016
Xamarin Dev Days Auckland - 19th November 2016

There’s only 1 week to go until the first Xamarin Dev Days in Auckland, hosted by the Auckland …

Using iOS 10 notifications with iBeacons
Using iOS 10 notifications with iBeacons

I’m a huge fan of iBeacons (and if you’re coming to MS Ignite NZ 2016 then you can hear …

Xamarin In Action
Xamarin In Action

Over the last few months I’ve been busily writing away on my first book - Xamarin In Action …

More upcoming talks
More upcoming talks

Ive got a couple of talks coming up around Auckland next week: Xamarin 102 - a slightly deeper dive …