If you want to hide the status bar at the top of iOS and Android, here is the code to do it in Xamarin Forms. iOS Open your Info.plist and add the following lines: Status bar is initially hidden – Type Boolean – Value Yes View controller-based status bar appearance – Type Boolean – Value […]
There are already several good implementation guides to get Google Admob into your Xamarin Forms application, depending on what you need, e.g. from James Montemagno, Adam Pedley, Sharma Pranav or many others. Everything went fine on the first day on the simulator, using Googles Test Ad Unit IDs. But on the second day, Ads are […]
If you are using SQLite as local database for your Xamarin Forms application, you might want to have a look at the local database with a database browser. Here’s short information about how to browse through your local SQLite Database for Xamarin Forms.
If you are working on an iOS project in Xamarin Forms you will also need to register your app in Apples developer section to get a provisioning profile. This has to be done in the “Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles” part, not in iTunes Connect.
Heute ist es endlich soweit: Die App Fussball im TV ist seit heute in Version 2.0 im iOS AppStore erhältlich! Insgesamt erreichten wir ja auch mit der ersten Version bereits über 200.000 Downloads, aber während sowohl die Android-(135.000 Downloads) als auch die Windows-Version (50.000 Downloads) sehr erfolgreich waren, dümpelte die iPhone-Version mit nur 15.000 Downloads […]
In previous post I’ve shown how to login to Facebook using Facebooks native SDK using client side authentication. So now we know the user, what else can we get? Here is a guide how to get the friendlist of the logged-in user. Why the friendlist? Because next to public profile and email, friendlist is one […]
Many apps need some kind of user authentication. Instead of having users to register on your site, it’s more convenient to use existing Logins. Many social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google offer to use their login data to authenticate users in your application. You have 2 different options of authentication: Server side or client […]
Wenn man nicht regelmäßig in die Statistiken schaut verpasst man so einiges…. Erst heute ist mir aufgefallen, daß unsere App “Fussball im FreeTV” in den Stores von iOS, Android und Windows inzwischen auf über 200.000 Downloads kommt! Im Einzelnen teilen sich die Downloads (Stand 23. August 2017) wie folgt auf: iOS: 15.912 Android: 135.526 Windows: […]
In one of my Xamarin Forms (using Visual Studio for Mac) project I’ve found the following error message when I try to deploy it on my iPhone for testing: Error MSB6006: “sgen.exe” exited with code 1. (MSB6006) Even though the Build output contains some more data, I did not find any clue how to fix […]
There might be times when uploading a new Xamarin Forms version to iOS AppStore is not as smooth as it should be. Before pulling your hair out, here are some tips which might help you. Additionally I’ve also added some information about how to upload your first app into Apples AppStore.