Contents tagged with monodroid development
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Review - Professional Android Programming with Mono for Android and .NET/C#
Mike Riley of Dev Pro Connections Magazine has a review of our Mono for Android book. You can read the full review on their site
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Xamarin Designer for Android Webinar - Recording
Here is some info on the recording of the webinar that I did last week for AppDev regarding the Xamarin Designer for Android.
Basic Info: Android user interfaces can be created declaratively by using XML files, or programmatically in code. The Xamarin Android Designer allows developers to create and modify declarative layouts visually, without having to deal with the tedium of hand-editing XML files. The designer also provides real-time feedback, which lets the developer validate changes without having to redeploy the application in order to test a design. This can speed up UI development in Android tremendously. In this webinar, we'll take a look at UI Design in Mono for Android, the basics of the Xamarin Android Designer, and build a simple application with the designer.
Here is the link:
http://media.appdev.com/EDGE/LL/livelearn05232012.wmv
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Cross-Platform Mobile Development With Mono for Android and MonoTouch
Many years ago, in fact pre-Java, I remember a hallway discussion about the desire to write a single application that could easily run across various platforms. At the time, we were only worried about writing applications on Windows 3.1 and Mac OS 7.x. There were many discussions about windows, user interface concepts, and specifically a rather long discussion as to whether Mac users would accept a Mac application that didn't have balloon help. Thankfully, the marketplace answered this question for us with the Windows API winning the battle.
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Xamarin Designer for Android Webinar - Webinar via AppDev May 23
I'll be doing a Webinar on May 23 on the Xamarin Mono for Android Designer that is new with Mono for Android 4.2. This is a free webinar presented by AppDev, please attend if you can.
Here is some info on the webinar:
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How do you get the Virtual Keyboard (aka Soft Keyboard) in the Android 4.0 Emulator?
Ok, getting the Android 4.0 emulator is not obvious. In previous versions, I had set the "Keyboard Support" to yes. I did that this time, and nothing. I played with touch support, and no luck as well. I finally had to beg to my Android contact for some help. After much discussion, he pointed me towards
turning off the "Keyboard Support" (aka setting the value to no). Really? Really? Ok seriously, I'm glad that this is now working as I thought it should, and that the virtual keyboard support actually looks right in the Ice Cream Sandwich emulator. But, this is also stupid. This value is the exact opposite of previous settings. While I am glad that this now works, the fact that the value is the exact opposite of previous settings is a hassle.
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Turn-By-Turn Driving Directions in Android with Mono for Android (MonoDroid)
I needed to open some turn-by-turn directions in Android. I did the following with Mono for Android, and this code worked:
String url = String.Format("http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr={0},{1}&daddr={2}", lat, lon, dAddr);
Intent intent = new Intent(Android.Content.Intent.ActionView, Android.Net.Uri.Parse(url));
StartActivity(intent);
In this code, I needed to get some directions from the current latitude and longitude. -
MonoDroid Article in Visual Studio Magazine
The February edition of Visual Studio magazine is now online. In it, my article regarding MonoDroid, the implementation of C# and .NET for Android devices, is online. I can't thank Michael Desmond enough for the opportunity. Its fitting now that Android is the most popular smartphone platform. This article is available online at:
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MonoDroid Preview 11 Logging Changes
With the latest MonoDroid Preview, the new logging functionality is:
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MonoDroid on the Mac