I first added NFC code to 32feet.NET back in 2020. However, as other priorities came along it never got fully polished and released on NuGet. This year I finally got around to it and updated the code for .NET 8.0 as it had originally targeted Xamarin Forms. InTheHand.Nfc is available on NuGet and follows the […]
Tag: Maui
Deep-linking is the ability to define a Url which will direct the user straight to a specific feature of your app. On Android these are called App-links, for iOS they tend to be called Universal links. These can be an app-specific uri scheme or you can, with the right configuration on your web server, link […]
Categories
UI’ve Been Framed
Recently I’ve been migrating Xamarin Forms UIs to .NET MAUI and have come across a recurring problem. The Frame control was a core part of Xamarin Forms and used for drawing a border and/or shadow around a control. With the changes introduced in MAUI there is a new Border control which has a lot more […]
I’ve been asked a number of times about the process to ask for Bluetooth permission for your app. I’ve been meaning to create something reusable for some time but it has languished on the To Do list for rather too long. I recently noticed that as of .NET 8.0, MAUI will incorporate a Bluetooth permission […]
Categories
Book Review: .Net MAUI for C# Developers
Jesse Liberty and Rodrigo Juarez have created this book to guide the reader through all aspects of creating apps with .NET MAUI. It assumes a level of experience with C# and .NET but is not limited to previous Xamarin developers. In fact while Xamarin Forms is mentioned it does not get in the way of […]
Categories
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 dialogs are just activities which run and return a result. Across Platforms When using a […]
In The Hand Ltd 