Most mobile apps require some form of infrastructure to function correctly. In the case of something like Instagram, they'll likely have some blob storage for storing images and then a…
Mike JMarch 31, 2017
Search is a feature that can make or break your mobile app, but it can be incredibly difficult to get right. In this blog post, I'm going to share how…
Mike JJanuary 4, 2016
Over the weekend I decided to look at a project which hasn't recieved much love since I orginally wrote it earlier in the year. That project is PCL for interacting…
Mike JDecember 14, 2015
Until recently I'd done an amazing job of avoiding Auto Layouts on anything other than demo apps, instead opting to create my layouts with springs and structs. All my apps within…
Mike JDecember 7, 2015
A couple of weeks ago I started writing a library to speed up the development of iOS app. My aim was to make creating beautiful iOS apps even easier and share more…
Mike JNovember 30, 2015
Important Note Microsoft have recently released Azure App Services which aims to replace Mobile Services. I will be writing an updated guide shortly. Azure Mobile Services (AMS) is a great…
Mike JNovember 25, 2015
The app I'm working on in my spare time (BeerDrinkin) requires a modest amount of user data to in the future provide the best possible suggestions for new beers the…
Mike JNovember 24, 2015
I’ve recently been developing a Xamarin.Forms app which required a cloud service for data persistence and syncing across multiple devices and platforms. Normally when I’m developing Xamarin.Forms apps, it tends…
Mike JJune 21, 2015
Xamarin have just announced preview support for Apple Watch and I can’t express how excited I was over the weekend playing with our internal preview build. At this moment time, getting…
Mike JJanuary 20, 2015