Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Essential API of the week we take a look at Battery, which enables you to check the device battery level's, register for change events, and see if and how the device is being charged. Show Notes: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationBattery DocumentationSource CodeFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Marc Mercuri, Program Manager on the Azure Blockchain Development Kit Team, who introduces us to the world of blockchain. He shows us a full end to end scenario of why and how you would use blockchain in applications. He then walks us through the new Azure Blockchain Development Kit that simplifies development using blockchain for web and mobile with some fantastic Xamarin mobile apps. Block Talk on Channel 9Azure Blockchain Development KitAzure Blockchain WorkbenchFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow

Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Essential API of the week we take a look at Preferences, which enables you to store application preferences in a key/value store. Show Notes: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationPreferences DocumentationSource CodeFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow

Let's take a step back in a new mini-series that I like to call Xamarin.Forms 101. In each episode we will walk through a basic building block of Xamarin.Forms to help you build awesome cross-platform native applications. This week we will look at MVVM and Data Binding to simplify development. Show Notes: Xamarin.Forms Data Binding DocumentationFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow

Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Essential API of the week we take a look at Connectivity, which enable you to check device internet connectivity, connection type, and register for changes to connectivity. Show Notes: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationConnectivity DocumentationSource CodeFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow

On this week's Xamarin Show, James is joined by good friend Christos Matskas who shows off a beautiful Xamarin application that is infused with AI to generate a full Azure backend just by drawing pictures on a white board. You don't want to miss this mind blowing demo and walkthrough of the code. Show Notes: Source CodeConnect(); KeynoteChristos on TwitterFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowCreate a Free Account (Azure)

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Sweeky Satpathy, Software Engineer on the Mobile Customer Advisory Team, who shows how to be successful writing user interface tests for Xamarin iOS and Android applications. She walks us through how to get started and best practices of using "page-object" pattern. Sample: UITest Page -Object PatternWiki: UITest Page-Object PatternTailwinds SampleTailwinds Sample UITestsFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow

Follow along on this week's Xamarin Show as James shows you how to setup your iOS device to wirelessly debug from Visual Studio on your Windows PC! Show Links: Documentation: Wireless Debugging for iOSFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links:Xamarin Developer Center & BlogXamarin and AzureMobile DevOpsXamarin University Self-GuidedCreate a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

In this Xamarin Show we take a look at how the new simplified Android device manager works enabling you to create and edit new and existing Android emulator images. Show Links: Documentation: Android EmulatorsFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links:Xamarin Developer Center & BlogXamarin and AzureMobile DevOpsXamarin University Self-GuidedCreate a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Sam Basu from Progress who gives us a full run down of the latest and greatest in Tererik UI for Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms applications. We take a look at charts, graphs, calendars, datagrids, and more! Show Notes: Telerik UI for XamarinTelerik UI for Xamarin DocumentationFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly development podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShow