Popups can be annoying, but not the Xamarin Community Toolkit ones! In this video we will learn from Andrew, master of popups, how to use the newly implemented popups in your Xamarin.Forms app. In part 1 of this video we will see how to get started and implement the first pop-up as well as positioning it on your screen. Show Links: Xamarin Community Toolkit on GitHubDocumentation: Xamarin Community ToolkitGitHub - Pop-up SampleAndrew's Blog - https://www.andrewhoefling.comAndrew's GitHub - https://github.com/ahoefling/Andrew's Twitter - https://twitter.com/andrew_hoeflingNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

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 an update to the Share API that allows now allows users to share files to other applications. Show Notes: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationShare DocumentationSource CodeFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

In this episode we will learn everything about the DateTimeOffsetConverter that is included in the Xamarin Community Toolkit. Mark Allibone knows from first-hand experience that sometimes, in a backend, dates are stored as an offset. To not be bother with all kinds of time zone hassles, he wrote the DateTimeOffsetConverter. And now, Mark has contributed that converter to the Xamarin Community Toolkit so everyone can benefit! For this video I am joined by Mark where he will show of this converter, why he needed it and what it can do to make your life easier.Show Links: Xamarin Community Toolkit on GitHubDocumentation: Xamarin Community ToolkitDocumentation: DateTimeOffsetConverterMark's Twitter: https://twitter.com/malliboneMark's Blog: https://mallibone.com/Mark's GitHub: https://github.com/malliboneNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

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 Screenshot API that allows you to take a screenshot of the users screen, which is great for bug reporting. Show Notes: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationScreenshot DocumentationSource CodeFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

With the Xamarin Community Toolkit LazyView you are able to lazy load any view! This will help you optimize load times in your app. Simply wrap your content in the LazyView and all the hard work will be done for you. How this magic works? Find out in this video! In this episode I am joined by Pedro Jesus, a core member of the Xamarin Community Toolkit and the one who implemented this feature to tell us all about what LazyView is. Show Links: Xamarin Community Toolkit on GitHubDocumentation: Xamarin Community ToolkitDocumentation: LazyViewBlog - LazyViewGitHub SampleNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

In the same area as AsyncCommand and AsyncValueCommand, we also have the WeakEventManager and DelegateWeakEventManager in the Xamarin Community Toolkit. Don't worry about unsubscribing your events ever again and accidentally creating memory leaks.In this episode I am joined by Brandon Minnick, Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft who has implemented all of the above and loves to tell you everything about it. Show Links: Xamarin Community Toolkit on GitHubDocumentation: Xamarin Community ToolkitDocumentation: WeakEventManagerDocumentation: DelegateWeakEventManagerGitHub SampleGitHub - AsyncAwaitBestPracticesNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

This week, James is joined Brady Gaster who is here to talk to use all ASP.NET Core Web API and why it is absolutely awesome for mobile development with Xamarin. He walks us through some best practices, new features, and awesome libraries that we can use to create powerful backends for our apps. Show Links: ASP.NET Core Web APIDocumentation: ASP.NET Core Web APIDocumentation: Swagger & OpenAPIMicrosoft Learn: Create a web API with ASP.NET CoreMicrosoft Learn: Improve the dev experience of an API with Swagger docsFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on TwitterGet your questions answered on the Microsoft Q&A for .NET

This episode is a bit of a mind-boggler. We will learn about the MultiConverter, which allows you to chain multiple ValueConverters together. But we're not stopping there! We will also see the VariableMultiValueConverter allows converting values when used in Xamarin.Forms MultiBindings. I have Steven on as a guest who will show us what this is all about, but beware! Some MVVM and data-binding knowledge may come in handy! Show Links: Xamarin Community Toolkit on GitHubDocumentation: Xamarin Community ToolkitGitHub SampleNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

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 File Picker, that allows your users to pick out a files from their device with our without custom filters and options. Show Notes: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationFile Picker DocumentationSource CodeFollow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

Whether you're loading data, you need to show an empty state or maybe an error occurred. With StateLayout you can visualize this easily from within just one control. In this episode I have Steven as my guest where he talks about how he made his StateSquid library part of the Xamarin Community Toolkit. Now, together with Steven we have gained the StateLayout in our little Toolkit and we can work together to improve it even more. He will show us what it is exactly and how to use it. Show Links: Xamarin Community Toolkit on GitHubDocumentation: Xamarin Community ToolkitSample Source CodeSteven's BlogNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about XamarinLearn more about Xamarin.FormsLearn more about Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer CenterXamarin BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter