Category Archives: xamarin
Configure Azure and Google Firebase for push notifications in Xamarin Forms
One of the key features of modern smartphones (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone etc.) are push notifications. Unfortunately it’s not as easy as e.g. email. Therefore I’ve split my posting into 3 postings: Configure Azure and Google Firebase for push notifications in Xamarin Forms (the current posting) Setup server part for Xamarin Forms Push Notifications Setup […]
Your Java version (1.7.0) is too old. You must have at least 1.8 installed.
After updating Xamarin for Visual Studio and Android SDK I got the following error message: Droid cannot build using Android 7.1 (API Level 25 – Nougat) because Your Java version (1.7.0) is too old. You must have at least 1.8 installed.
Publish Xamarin Forms iOS App using HockeyApp
After integrating HockeyApp into our Xamarin Forms Application, it’s time to publish a first beta to our testers using HockeyApp. Here is a step by step guide what to do.
Checkout Source code from Visual Studio online GIT source control
With Visual Studio Team Services you could host your GIT repository online in Microsofts Cloud. This makes it easy to share code between Visual Studio and Xamarin Studio. As you cannot use your username within Xamarin Studios GIT client because you cannot use the @-sign from your email address, here is short information about how […]
Xamarin Tips
While developing Xamarin Forms application and watching trainings from Xamarin University, some tips and best practices are mentioned so I write them down here as a reminder for myself (and maybe as a starting point for you).
Using HockeyApp with Xamarin Forms
HockeyApp is quite popular, mainly for collection crash reports, but also helpful for distribution, user feedback etc. To add it into your Xamarin Forms Application, I found video Integrating HockeyApp to Xamarin Forms by Houssem Dellai very helpful. Also How to integrate HockeyApp with Xamarin on HockeyApp Support is helpful but it’s not especially about […]
Android Emulator stays black on Xamarin Forms Apps
Suddenly Android Emulator does not work on my Xamarin Forms Project anymore. Don’t know why, but Xamarin only says “Starting Android_Accelerate_x86”, Android Emulator pops up but stays black and nothing happens….
Automatic creation of App Logos in different sizes
Both iOS and Android expect app logos in different sizes, starting from 29×29. Of course you could manually create all the icons, but it’s more convenient to do it with a script. Xamarin.Forms Kickstarter is an excellent starting point for lots of different examples, e.g. Layouting, Web Access, Geolocation and lots more. There is also […]