How To Get a PAT (Personal Access Token) for Azure DevOps from the az cli
Another long title for a relatively short article. In case you aren’t aware, the az cli has a great extension for Azure DevOps and supports automatically logging you in to the devops extension when you use az login. Very helpful and simple, no need to manually issue a PAT through the Azure DevOps portal. Now, […]
How to Queue an Azure DevOps yaml Pipeline with Parameters from PowerShell
Long enough title? It might be longer than the actual article content. If you need to queue a yaml pipeline in Azure DevOps from a script, you may be tempted to use the az cli and the devops extension. The extension is useful, but has some bugs/gaps I would recommend using it in combination with […]
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How To Confirm Exit in Android with Xamarin Forms
Update – 2020-03-05 I updated the samples and snippets to include some reader feedback: Accounted for Master-Detail navigation in App.PromptToConfirmExit Provided a toast + back button confirmation alternative sample Updated sample: allow toggling between Master-Detail and Tabbed navigation; allow toggling between dialog and toast confirmation styles. Overview Ever hit the navigation bar back button when […]
Implementing MSAL + AAD B2C in Xamarin – 6 Tips, Tricks and Facts
Inspired by Steven Thewissen’s excellent MSAL article, I thought I would share what I have learned about MSAL over the 3+ years I have worked with MSAL and Xamarin. If you’re just getting started, be sure to read Steven’s article, he does a great job covering how to use the tools. This article is a […]
Mobile Blazor Bindings – Getting Started + Why You Should Care
TLDR: The Experimental Mobile Blazor Bindings can result in much less XAML and C#, 64% less in my experiment, but the tech isn’t quite ready for prime time. Update – 2020-02-24 I migrated my sample to the Mobile Blazor Bindings February Preview 2 Update. It only took a few minutes and fixed the issues I […]
I generally use Xamarin Forms to build apps. I’m currently working on a new project and using all the new greatness from Prism. One of those great features is Xaml Navigation. This is a fancy markup extension which allows you to navigate to another page in your app without implementing anything in your view models! […]
Well, this post is slightly overdue…TO Mobile Devs hosted Xamarin Saturday 2019 back on August 24th, 2019, seems like a lifetime ago! All the Toronto Xamarin Saturday 2019 sessions can be seen on YouTube! David Ortinau opened the morning and afternoon, everyone was in the main room for these talks. The morning topic was Comet, […]
Next Saturday in Toronto is Xamarin Saturday! In case you haven’t heard, the Toronto Mobile .NET Developers group is hosting a full-day session, Xamarin Saturday, on August 24th at BSI Labs. Whether you are totally new to Xamarin or are an experienced Xamarin expert, we will have something for everyone! We will have an incredible […]
iOS 13 TestFlight Screenshot Feedback
I am often more irritated than pleased by Apple’s announcements. The notch, features that have been in Android for years being lauded as a revolutionary innovation, dropping the headphone jack…I could go on, but it would be exhausting for both of us. I think it’s important to know what I think about Apple before I […]