When I was asked if I could demo how to handle different screen sizes and rotation in Android, I created a small project which I’d like to share here. You can find the complete repo at Github. The demo uses >>>
We have discussed Android and its Activity system today. It is quite hard to grasp for an iOS guy like me; it feels…special. I certainly know how to start an activity within my own app and I understand the difference >>>
I don’t know if this is only happening to me. But from time to time I find myself digging in my archived digital life. I have a folder on my hard drive called “Old Stuff” which resides under “Development”. It >>>
Downloading files in the background is easy with iOS since the introduction of the NSUrlSession background transfer APIs. There are plenty of examples and instructions around for ObjectiveC but also for Xamarin.iOS. Documentation about the APIs is pretty exhaustive over >>>
Letztens fand ich ein Tagebuch meines Großvaters Manfred Bacher, welches er während des zweiten Weltkrieges schrieb. Die Beschreibungen darin gehen mir sehr zu Herzen, aber eine Geschichte ist so speziell, dass ich sie hier niederschreiben möchte. Meine stille Hoffnung: vielleicht >>>
If you are (like me) located in Germany but prefer to use the Google Developer Console in English, I invite you to navigate to https://play.google.com/apps/publish/ now and then try to change your language settings. I’m waiting here… You’re back? What >>>
Born in 1976 I still remember the great arcades from my first visit to London at the age of 17. We also had arcade machines in our small town, in almost every restaurant there was a PacMan, Double Dragon or >>>
Motivation Quite often I get asked what MVVM framework I use when creating apps, or I’m presented a list of MVVM helpers/frameworks/toolkits and am supposed to pick my preference. Let me admit that I indeed do have a preference (it >>>
A lot has been written about the Garbage Collector and Xamarin.iOS. Lately, I’ve been hit by some surprises and I want to share my findings. Let me say that there is not a single bug involved! All the issues I >>>
