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Almost 8 (!) years ago, I wrote an article called “Colourful rating system with CSS3“. It was a simple demo using jQuery and the jQuery Color Plugin to animate from one color to another to create a rating system. Now, I wanted to take that same concept but apply it on an app build with Xamarin.Forms. Today, let’s check out how to create a colorful rating system with Xamarin.Forms and Custom Animations. Because Color animations aren’t available by default, we’ll need to use Custom Animations to achieve the effect. The animated profile cards were the first steps into Xamarin.Forms animation, but now we’ll take it another step forward. The source code can be found on Github in case you directly want to dive into the code. Otherwise, read on! Since we’re using Xamarin.Forms, these animations work perfectly on iOS and Android. The setup Since a phone is usually held in a portrait-orientation, I wanted the rating selection to be in that orientation as well. I used the same colors as my HTML version. The dynamic text will be placed in a label and the user will have to submit the selection by pressing a button. We’ll be using …
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A while ago, I shared the Dutch version of my presentation called “Turn specs into high quality apps”. Last November, I was invited to do this presentation over at the DevDayBE-conference in English. Today, I want to share the recording of that presentation. I’ve written already several articles here about ATDD/BDD with Specflow and Xamarin. During the presentation we’ll discuss the Three Amigo’s, how specifications are written using Gherkin and being automated with Specflow and Xamarin.UITest. We even managed to introduce a new buzzword: Acceptance Driven Presentation (ADP). The sample code can be found on Github. Enjoy! Slides I hope you liked the presentation and managed to get inspired. Look around on this blog to learn more about testing or Xamarin. Tell me what you think through Twitter or leave a comment below!
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Last November, during Microsoft Connect();, Visual Studio App Center (previously known as Mobile Center) was made Generally available. Their Blog made some changes as well and I got invited to write a guest post. I’m proud to share my first post on that blog that I’d like to recommend! Read “Your Guide to Getting Feedback Fast and Building Better Apps“ The article contains a lot of information, but some highlights are: Understand why it’s vitally important to get feedback fast to build a succesful app. Why having Beta testers can help you get the feedback you need and how to set it up and enable two-way communication. Learn about the use of feature flags inside your apps to hypercharge the feedback loop. Understand the importance of separating Deployment and Releasing using these feature flags. Combining the feedback from users and metrics from App Center Analytics to compare Qualitative & Quantitative Feedback. And much, more more! Read “Your Guide to Getting Feedback Fast and Building Better Apps“ Let me know what you think of the post by leaving a comment or through Twitter. Expect more crossposts on the Visual Studio App Center Blog in the future!
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