ClassFly UI - XAML vs Blazor - Part 1 - XAML
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
1y ago
NET MAUI gives you a lot of flexibility in how you create your applications. Not only can you target multiple different Operating System platforms (like iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, etc.), you can also target multiple different Form Factors (like phones, tablets, desktop, tv, watch, etc) and you can write your applications using C# Markup, XAML and even Blazor. With so much choice at our fingertips it can be hard to work out which path to take. Recently Lachlan Gordon and I have been playing around with Blazor and thought it would be interesting to compare the approaches of XAML vs Blazor. S ..read more
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.NET Conf recap
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
2y ago
There have been a tonne of announcements at .NET Conf 2021 including .NET 6, C# 10, Visual Studio 2022, and MAUI Preview 10. This post is a recap of the most important parts for Xamarin, Blazor and Maui developers. For those of you who don’t want to sit through hours of videos, I have watched the sessions and linked the resources so you don’t have to. The purpose of this post is not to summarize the content from the various announcements, but rather point you (and me) to the best resources to get up to speed with all the new goodness. People like to consume different types of information, so I ..read more
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Avatar Groups
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
2y ago
Overlapping avatar badges are an effective way to show a collection of people, especially where space is at a premium. In this article we look at how to create this UI in Xamarin.Forms and MAUI. Along the way, we will touch on a few other interesting concepts like: Bindable Layouts DataTemplate Selectors MultiValue Converters The code for this article is available over on my Github. Let’s start at the beginning The first thing we want is to have some data which is going be exposed via a simple Model and ViewModel. Person Model public class Person { // whatever properties you have fo ..read more
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Xamarin Tools 2021
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
3y ago
Choosing the right tools and resources can make all the difference in being a productive and effective developer. So, what are all the tools and libraries you should be using to build your Xamarin apps in 2021? I did a similar post a few years ago but so much has changed in the Xamarin ecosystem I figured it was time for an update. I was curious what members of the Xamarin Community were using, so I sent the following tweet for their input on what they use. Hey #Xamarin twitter friends. What are great tools/resources are you using to develop your Xamarin apps? Let me start: * XamlStyler * MF ..read more
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Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Pizza Shop
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
4y ago
Pizza is like the entire food pyramid. And This Xamarin UI Challenge, like our friend the pizza, has lots of delicious ingredients including animations, transitions, custom buttons, fonts and a sprinkle of SkiaSharp. Nom Nom. The Design This is a great looking design called Pizza Shop app Interaction created by Bidyut Kumar Bera. It’s a lovely playful design that uses thoughtful animations and transitions to enhance the user experience of the app. Animations should always serve a purpose The key elements we will focus on in this challenge are: Flying pizzas around the screen using an anima ..read more
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Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - RottenUI
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
4y ago
This UI Challenge is all about composing overlapping elements in Xamarin.Forms. Overlapping elements is one of the subtle elements that can enhance a design and make it pop. The Design This is a great looking design called Rottentomatoes App Concept created by Ghani Pradita. Even though the design has two screens in it, the focus of this chanllenge was the details page. The key elements we will focus on in this challenge are: Overlapping elements Custom rendering of shadows Tabbed bottom content Basic Page Layout If you have checked out any of my other Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges ..read more
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Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Unzone
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
4y ago
Well thought out animations can help your applications come to life through having better user experience and a sense of joy. This Xamarin.Forms UI Challenge illustrates how simple it can be to add compelling animations into your applications. The Design This is a great looking design called Unzone created by Rick Waalders. The star of this design is the flip animations, which do a great job of adding personality and being functional without becoming annoying. The key elements we will focus on in this challenge are: Creating a modal dialog style interaction by fading the background when ..read more
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My Visual Studio 2019 Theme
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
4y ago
I’ve had a couple of people ask me for my Visual Studio 2019 theme that I use when live streaming, so I thought I’d just blog it out as a reference for myself and for others who are interested. What’s it look like Font My font is Fira Code Retina which I zoom in at 200%. Mostly because I’m an old man with bad eye-sight, but also because I like my fonts to be big and colourful. Colors To be honest, I can’t remember where I got the initial colors from but over time I have done some customization on them so they are a little unique. I’ve exported my settings and you can get them from her ..read more
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Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Day vs Night
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
5y ago
Sometimes when developing Xamarin.Forms user interfaces you get to a point where you just need to handle the drawing yourself, and for that SkiaSharp is invaluable. And that’s one of the core pieces of this UI Challenge, using SkiaSharp to create controls that are unlike any other. First, I should mention that this amazing design concept that we are reproducing was created by Ionut Zamfir over at Dribbble. The key elements that drew my attention to this layout were: Beautiful use of colours Light and Dark themes Complex multi-colour gradients Unique custom slider for the temperature S ..read more
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Xamarin.Forms UI Challenges - Art Auction
Kym Phillpotts
by Kym Phillpotts
5y ago
It’s time for another Xamarin.Forms UI Challenge! This time we are going to see how we can reproduce a design I found over at Dribbble by Alex Pesenka. Let’s break it down The design has a reasonably complex layout involving animated popups and overlays, which makes it a good candidate for a Xamarin.Forms UI challenge. Here is a little video of the animations in the design in motion: It’s a little bit tricky to see what’s going on with all that zooming going on, but let’s break down the screens and see how we can lay it out in Xamarin.Forms. Art Details Screen This is the ..read more
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