Sharing Sessions between HttpClient and WebViews on Windows Phones
Introduction Before we can dive into the details of the blog post, it would be helpful to give some context of what we are trying to achieve, agree? I have been working on a hybrid mobile application...
View ArticleHandling Complex objects Persistency and Messaging on Mobile
Introduction Data persistency and messaging is a very common task that you almost certainly need it almost all of your apps. Mobile platforms have come a long way in supporting data persistency mostly...
View ArticleAzure ApplicationsInsights for Xamarin iOS
Azure ApplicationInsights (AI) is a great instrumentation tool that can help you learn about how your application is doing during run-time. It is currently in Preview mode, so bear that in mind when...
View ArticleSQLite.Net.Cipher: Secure your data on all mobile platforms seamlessly and...
SQLite database have become the first choice for storing data on mobile devices. SQLite databases are just files that are stored on the file system. Other apps, or processes can read/write data to this...
View ArticlePIN Number Password Fields for Windows Xaml
In Windows Xaml world, a bad design decision was made to have the passwordBox and the TextBox different, meaning that the PasswordBox does not inherit common properties from the TextBox. As a...
View ArticleUniversal Links: The Natural Evolution of Custom Scheme URI on the Mobile
What is Scheme URI? In the context of mobile apps, Scheme URIs are used for communicating between mobile apps. Mobile developers can register a unique URI for each app in the application manifest...
View ArticleWhy you should use Git over TFS
Git || TFS (Source: VisualStudio.com) I have been an advocate of git for long time now and I might be biased a little bit, but take a moment to read this and judge for yourself whether git is the way...
View ArticleA Journey of Hunting Memory leaks in Xamarin
My client was reporting performance issues with an existing app that was developed internally, and I had to find the problems. So, here is my journey on finding the issues and resolving them. The...
View ArticleInter-App Communications in Xamarin.iOS and Why OpenUrl Freezes for 10+ sec
Inter-App Communications Mobile apps are meant to communicate using multiple channels, but the most popular, recommended, and widely used is using Scheme Uri. If you have not used Scheme URI then you...
View ArticleMassTransit approach for handling errors when consuming messages
What’s MassTransit? It’s an awesome, open-source framework for delivering messages. From their docos: MassTransit is a free, open source, lightweight message bus for creating distributed applications...
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