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Voice input facilitates documentation - A hackathon topic
From Julia Wollfarth   |   2023-12-30

Voice input makes it possible to intuitively record food eaten and drunk without having to look at a device or tap. Instead of laboriously entering everything by hand, users can simply record their meals and snacks by voice command. This approach can lower the inhibition threshold and encourage users to continuously document their eating habits. This saves time and encourages regular documentation.

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App Design in 3 steps - an appealing ui design for a better ux
From Julia Wollfarth   |   2023-03-16

Mobile apps thrive on an appealing and well-structured design that helps users achieve their goals. In this article, I'll show you how an old app design can be redesigned to make it look modern and clean. You'll learn more about the design process and design decisions made to provide users with a user-centric UI and UX that helps them achieve their goals.

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Top 3 alternatives to Xamarin.UITest for .NET MAUI
From Flavio Goncalves   |   2023-02-22

UI testing is an essential part of mobile app development to ensure that the app delivers the best possible user experience and meets the needs and expectations of its users. But how do we do that in .NET MAUI when Xamarin.UITest is not fully compatible anymore? Let's look at 3 alternatives to Xamarin.UITest.

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Combining Lottie Animations with Gestures and Scrolling
From Flavio Goncalves   |   2022-07-13

Matt Goldman revived XamarinUIJuly and renamed it to MAUIUIJuly, where each day in July someone from the .NET MAUI community publishes a blog post or video showing some incredible UI magic in MAUI. In this contribution I will show you how to combine Lottie animations with gestures and scrollable containers to spice up your .NET MAUI App UI!

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Creating a .NET MAUI Maps Control
von Sebastian Seidel   |   2022-05-12   |   2022-12-15 updated

I am currently working on porting a Xamarin Forms app to DOTNET MAUI. The app also uses maps from Apple or Google Maps to display locations. Even though there was no official support in MAUI until the release of .NET 7, I want to show you a way to display maps via custom handler.

Extend your Xamarin iOS app with OpenStreetMap
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2017-04-04

An important feature in the mobile area are maps capabilities. There isn't any app in the market that won't improve their value without a map. Apple and Google doing a great job with there Map-SDKs, but sometimes you hit a spot where they won't suit your needs. Maybe for legal reasons or because you hit a bug inside of them. The later was my case, which is happily resoleved with iOS 10. But I needed an alternative that works offline too.

Continuous Integration & Deployment with Bitrise
von Sebastian Seidel   |   2016-04-22   |   2022-04-12 updated

During a current project we needed to evaluate possibilities to easily set up a Continuous Integration and Deployment system. For several reasons we normally would suggest an In-House solution with TeamCity, but the customer preferred a cloud solution to shorten the procurement and installation process. In this post I explain why and how we set up Bitrise.

Automated UI-Tests made easy with Xamarin.UITest
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2015-12-07

As a developer we all know about that rumor of writing any kind of test is a costly task. In this post I would like to show you a better way for writing UI tests that even makes it fun when it comes to a very large mobile app.

Control a BeeWi car with Xamarin iOS
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2014-11-08

Learn in 5 simple steps how Bluetooth and the External Accessory Framework play together to control a BeeWi car with Xamarin iOS.

UISplitViewController - mehrere Detailansichten mit UINavigationController verwenden
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2014-10-15

In einem aktuellen Projekt besteht die Anforderung eine mehrere Ebenen tiefe Navigation mit entsprechenden Unterebenen für die Navigation umzusetzen. Da es sich um eine iPad-App handelt, bietet sich für die Navigation der UISplitViewController mit entsprechenden UINavigationController für den Master, die linke Seite, und die Details, die rechte Seite, an.

iOS 7 konforme Apps
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2014-01-11

Das Jahr 2013 endete mit einem großen Knall. Neben dem typischen Silvester-Feuerwerk gab es für mich und viele andere noch eine E-Mail aus Cupertino, die gerade für Januar einiges an Arbeit bedeuten konnte. Die Ankündigung von Apple ab dem 01.02.2014 nur noch Apps in den App-Store zu lassen, die iOS 7 konform sind war schon erstaunlich. Nicht wegen der Ankündigung an sich, sondern vielmehr wegen dem kurzen Zeitraum.

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Cayas Software ist Xamarin Premier Consulting Partner
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2013-07-18

Xamarin benennt Cayas Software als erstes Deutsches Unternehmen zum Premier Consulting Partner. In dem Artikel erfährst du wie wir das geschafft haben.

Wie kann man Apps auf einer Vielzahl an Geräten testen?
From Sebastian Seidel   |   2013-07-15

Hin und wieder fragen mich Kunden, wie ich eigentlich die Apps testen kann. Manche sind sogar der Meinung das ich ein riesiges Arsenal an Geräten vorrätig haben müsste um besonders im Android-Umfeld alle möglichen Konfigurationen testen zu können.