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  • Reinventing the Wheel Again – Bluetooth on Linux

    Sometimes it takes a while to realise that an API is lying to you. When implementing Bluetooth Classic support for Linux on .NET 6.0 and above I came to this realisation after going directly to the native API. System.Net.Sockets has… Continue reading

    Reinventing the Wheel Again – Bluetooth on Linux

  • Titlebars and Themes: A WinUI Adventure

    I’m working on a WinUI 3 app at the moment and I’ve been trying to match the in-box titlebar behaviour for Windows 11. Anyone who has experience with Windows will immediately respond “Which One?” as various apps within Windows look… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Classic and Low Energy – Different Approaches

    I often get asked about the different ways of using Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy with 32feet.NET. This post looks at the two different approaches and a bit of historical context. Separate Libraries The first key point here is… Continue reading

  • Pi Day

    I’d completely forgotten about Pi day until I saw someone post about it online and I thought I should write about the happy coincidence that I’ve been working with a Raspberry Pi today. Last week I took delivery of a… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Support for Android on More Frameworks

    There is a particular issue when writing any code which will run on Android which presents external UI through an Intent or uses broadcasts in that you need to have a reference to the current Activity. I covered this in… Continue reading

  • Dot Net DLLs, Droid, Dependencies

    Natively, Android apps are built around activities. These are distinct parts of an application which include UI and are designed to perform a particular task. Android allows you to start activities and pass data between them. A number of system… Continue reading