Tag Archives: Xamarin.forms

XamRight for WPF and More License Options

With the XamRight 4.0, we excited to release support for WPF Xaml, adding it to the list of supported Xaml variants, along with Xamarin.Forms and .NET MAUI. Another much-asked-for change in this release is different licensing options at different price points. There are additional improvements we will be blogging about soon, and you can seeContinue reading “XamRight for WPF and More License Options”

Deploying Xamarin and Maui apps from Azure Pipelines to Google Play

Being able to deploy directly to an app store from a CI/CD pipeline is incredibly convenient, improves repeatability, and generally a good practice. But there are several pieces that have to be put in place to get it running. We’ve had to do it multiple times, so we ended up writing this up as aContinue reading “Deploying Xamarin and Maui apps from Azure Pipelines to Google Play”

Using Xamarin.UITest with Accessible Xamarin.Forms Apps

Millions of people around the world rely on assistive technology to computers and smartphones every day. While making sure your app is usable by as many people as possible seems like a good idea anyway, accessibility is becoming the law in a growing number of circumstances. What’s the problem? Xamarin.Forms provides a class of AutomationPropertiesContinue reading “Using Xamarin.UITest with Accessible Xamarin.Forms Apps”

Xamarin.Forms BackgroundColor, TextColor, and Dark Mode

We recently undertook updating an older Xamarin.Forms app to include Dark Mode support on iOS. Newer versions of Xamarin.Forms makes it pretty easy to set up a good framework. There are some useful blog posts here and here on how to set up a framework in your app, and some very useful Microsoft documentation here.Continue reading “Xamarin.Forms BackgroundColor, TextColor, and Dark Mode”

Editing and Maintaining Grids with XamRight

Grids are a popular layout, giving you lots of flexibility and good layout performance. However they can get to be difficult to work with as they become increasingly complex. Take a look at this quick demo showing a few of the features of XamRight that make it easier to work with Grid layouts in Xaml.