Xamarin

Setting iOS permission descriptions in Visual Studio 2017
Setting iOS permission descriptions in Visual Studio 2017

I spend most of my developer day using Visual Studio for Mac, but occasionally I flip back to Visual …

Describing a photo in a mobile app using Azure Computer Vision
Describing a photo in a mobile app using Azure Computer Vision

I recently gave an introduction to Xamarin talk at Imperial College, London and wanted to build a …

Xamarin in Action is now on the bookshelves!
Xamarin in Action is now on the bookshelves!

Finally, after 2 years since I first put pen to paper (well, put keystroke to Atom), Xamarin in …

Xamarin Essentials
Xamarin Essentials

TL;DR - check out Xamarin Essentials in the official documentation.


Like a lot of developers, I …

Building mobile apps in F# using Xamarin.Forms and Elmish
Building mobile apps in F# using Xamarin.Forms and Elmish

FSharp and Xamarin

Xamarin is well known for allowing you to build mobile apps in C#, but you can …

Face identification with Azure Cognitive Services Face API
Face identification with Azure Cognitive Services Face API

Recently I’ve been playing with a lot AI and seeing how it can be used in mobile apps to …

Getting a users Facebook profile after Authenticating your Xamarin app with Azure
Getting a users Facebook profile after Authenticating your Xamarin app with Azure

I’ve recently been looking at the authentication offered by Azure for use in a mobile app, …

Creating Visual Studio project and solution templates - Part 3, VS for Mac extension