Xamarin Plugins

12th of May, 2015 / / No Comments

Cross-platform NuGet Packages

Xamarin Plugins are a special kind of NuGet package that let you easily add cross-platform functionality to your apps. Using NuGet to distribute Plugins means that anyone can create them, and of course consume them. The platforms supported by Plugins include Android, iOS, iOS Unified (64bit), Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1 RT and Windows Store.

Plugins abstract common device functionality or expose cross-platform APIs via a single interface

Plugins are small, have few or no dependencies, and provide a simple mechanism for accessing a single device function or feature.… [Keep reading] “Xamarin Plugins”

Office 365 / SharePoint Sign-in with Xamarin.iOS

20th of March, 2014 / / 1 Comment

While coding up an iOS app with Xamarin I came across some odd behaviour when trying to programmatically sign in to O365 using HttpClient.

Xamarin

If you are not aware, Xamarin is built with Mono (the open source .NET Framework) and for all intents and purposes has the same namespace and language features as .NET 4.5. Excluding of course, all the Microsoft specific .NET parts.

HttpClient

OK I’ll set the scene. One of the requirements of my shiny new Xamarin app was to host a SharePoint site in a browser control.… [Keep reading] “Office 365 / SharePoint Sign-in with Xamarin.iOS”