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Xamarin.Forms on the Web

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XAML powering web apps. Based on who you talk to, this brings back the fondest developer memories or a recollection of things gone horribly wrong. While .NET developers enjoyed the ease of development and tooling richness, perhaps the plug-in model just went to die on the web. However, if you are a .NET/C#/XAML aficionado, there may be some new developments providing hope for native technologies powering web apps again. Xamarin.Forms is going places and for developers, this means more platforms to target from shared codebase. This article explores the promise of Xamarin.Forms on the web, debunks some myths and looks ahead at what’s to come in future.

Full article HERE.

Light Up Mac Apps with Xamarin.Forms

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The promise of Xamarin.Forms has been undeniable for developers – write apps in C#/XAML and reach a variety of platforms. Xamarin democratizes mobile development for .NET developers with two huge wins – reuse existing skills and build apps for popular mobile platforms. And you can light up your Xamarin mobile apps with polished performant UI controls with Telerik UI for Xamarin – you should try it.

But mobile isn’t everything, Could Xamarin.Form’s reach be stretched to other platforms? Turns out, the world can be an oyster for .NET developers and lots of efforts are underway to substantially increase Xamarin.Form’s potential across platforms. This article explores the possibilities for native MacOS apps through Xamarin.Forms – yup, Mac apps written in C#/XAML with no platform-specific code!

Full article HERE.

Adding a Calendar to Your Xamarin.Forms Apps with the Telerik Calendar

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Are you already building cross-platform native mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms? If so, great job picking your technology stack! After all, where else could you reuse your skills in C#/XAML to make apps that run on every platform with a truly unified single codebase? While Xamarin provides a vast array of frameworks, IDEs, and integrations, apps may sill need controls outside of those included in Xamarin.Forms. Rather than building your own custom control, developers may prefer to grab a well-engineered, performant UI control out-of-the-box from a service such as Telerik to help ship apps faster. Think of a polished UI as your must-have “wow” factor; that’s what you’ll get with Telerik UI for Xamarin.

Calendars keep our lives organized and productive; everyone uses them and increasingly so in digitally, so it’s no surprise that your mobile app may need to display a calendar and manage events. Turns out, however, calendar UI is tricky business, and the little details make all the difference.

The Telerik Calendar in UI for Xamarin is designed so you can offer your users the ultimate in productivity in your apps with various calendar scenarios. Yes, these are truly native calendars on every mobile platform, simply rendered through the Xamarin.Forms abstraction. The Telerik Calendar not only capitalizes on all of the innate benefits provided by native UI, it also exposes properties/events in C# to allow developers full customization and flexibility. This post introduces Telerik UI for Xamarin and then dives head first into leveraging the Telerik Calendar to explore all of the available customization options for developers.

Full article HERE.