OpenNETCF.Google.Analytics improvements
My original plan when building up the OpenNETCF Google Analytics library (which provides GA support to Xamarin Forms apps) was to make it 100% PCL. A fine goal, but it turns out that it was...
View ArticleIoC Navigation Sample for Xamarin Forms
The OpenNETCF IoC Library provides a simple and lightweight MVVM Navigation framework for Xamarin Forms application navigation (along with a lightweight DI container). I’ve blogged a couple examples...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Navigation with OpenNETCF IoC
The OpenNETCF IoC library has been around for a long time. I needed a DI container that was simple and fast that provided some cool features like event aggregation and module plugins. I still use it...
View ArticleGoogle Analytics for Xamarin Forms
I recently needed to add Google Analytics support to a couple Xamarin Forms applications I am working on. I was a bit surprised that I didn’t find anything that was simply ready-built out in NuGet –...
View ArticleAnother ORM Update
One of the laws of software development is “A better way of finding bugs than testing is to release” and sure enough, that happened. I rolled a release of the ORM yesterday, and no sooner than I did,...
View ArticleORM Updates
Generally speaking, the OpenNETCF ORM library gets worked on offline. We use it extensively in our Solution Engine product and so the “working” copy of the code resides on a separate source tree. The...
View ArticleOpenNETCF Scanner Compatibility Library
Some days I think I have too much code “lying around”. As you would expect from many years as a developer, I have utility libraries for all sorts of tasks. Generally when I think something is likely...
View ArticleOld CoreCon Remote Tool example
I’ve had a request for an old (~2006) CoreCon remote tool sample application Alex Feinman created. Thanks to a VHD backup, I was able to locate it and you can download it here: APP315_Demo
View ArticleRow filtering in the ORM
For a while now we’ve had an unwanted behavior in our Solution Engine product. The larger the on-device database got, the longer the app took to load. To the point that some devices in the field were...
View ArticleGetting Mono Process Info from a Mono App
Since a large amount of the work I tend to do is for embedded devices, and since I don’t like to have to visit deployed devices to restart an app whenever it may crash, a pretty common pattern I use is...
View ArticleHOWTO: Determine whether or not a library exports a function
Back in May 2008, I wrote a blog post about checking for Win32 methods. I was recently reminded of this when a customer emailed us about a scenario that exactly matched the intended use case. The...
View ArticleGet Padarn for free!
Last week we quietly launched a fantastic new promotion for our Padarn Web Server product: Padarn is a lightweight, single-purpose web server that supports a growing subset of ASP.NET. It is written...
View ArticleHOWTO: Build the Smart Device Framework source code
Note: This blog post only applies to Smart Device Framework Standard or Professional Edition customers. > If you open the SDF Public Source solution that ships with Smart Device Framework 2.3 and...
View ArticleANN: Smart Device Framework 2.3
Today, we released Smart Device Framework 2.3. This is the long awaited release of the Smart Device Framework for Visual Studio 2008. It's been a painful path to get to this point, what with...
View ArticleHOWTO: Prevent ResolveAssemblyReferences warnings in Visual Studio 2008
When you reference an assembly compiled against .NET Compact Framework 2.0 in a project targeting .NET Compact Framework, it's quite likely you will receive a number of ResolveAssemblyReferences...
View ArticleLambda expressions in .NET Compact Framework 2.0
There's been a lot of internal discussion today on how to leverage C# 3.0 features without requiring .NET Compact Framework 3.5. Mark has the low down on using extension methods with a little compiler...
View ArticleOpenNETCF is now a Microsoft Gold Partner
Over the last few months we've been working hard to attain the Gold Level partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program and I'm extremely pleased to say that we've done it! For our customers, this...
View ArticleMark your calendars - Smart Device Development Chat, July 16.
The next Smart Device Development Chat will take place on MSDN at 10am PST on Wednesday, July 16. Please join experts from the Windows Mobile, Windows CE, SQL Server CE and .NET Compact Framework...
View ArticleHOW-TO: Disable/Enable Network Connections Programmatically under Vista
I got an email last week asking about how to disable a particular network connection under Vista. The specific scenario, how to disable an active 3G connection, is not something I'm going to cover,...
View ArticleChat Transcript: May 13, 2008 - Smart Device Development Chat
A little later than I intended, but here is the transcript to Smart Device Development chat from May 13, 2008: Read it here
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