Category Archives: Code Examples

Today I Learned How to Create a Xamarin iOS Binding for Objective-C Libraries – Part 2 Combining Libraries

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Chris C

This is part 2 of creating a iOS Binding for the Objective-C Library BEMCheckBox.  In part 1 we compiled the Xcode project into two separate libraries.  One for iphones (ARM architecture) and one for iOS simulators (x86/x64 architecture). In this … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned How to Create a Xamarin iOS Binding for Objective-C Libraries – Part 1 Compiling the Objective-C Library

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Chris C

There is no checkbox for Xamarin Forms applications.  This is a problem because I wanted a checkbox in a application I’m working on.  A switch wasn’t going to cut it. After a bit of research I found that Android had native … Continue reading →

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Today I Learned How to Handle Local Notifications in Xamarin on Android

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Chris C

In my previous example I detailed how to schedule notifications in Xamarin on Android but didn’t show the Xamarin Forms application reacting to that specific notification.  Let’s fix that. First override the OnNewIntent method in the MainActivity.  We override this method so notifications will … Continue reading →

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Fixing MSBuild not Exiting

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Chris C

After upgrading to Visual Studio Xamarin 4.1 from 4.0 our TeamCity build suddenly stopped working.  Actually it was working but won’t stop working.  The build would get hang after rebuilding out solution to create the IPA file. The step in question … Continue reading →

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Connect to Android Emulator from VirtualBox

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Chris C

I do all my development inside virtual machines.  This allows me to keep separate development environment for different projects and clients.  I wanted to keep this tradition for developing mobile applications but that turned out to be a bit of challenge. … Continue reading →

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Display a Section only on the First Page in a Crystal Report

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Chris C

To display a section only on the first page but not on other pages right-click the section in question and choose Section Expert. Click the x-2 button to the right Suppress (No Drill down) and add the following formula: Now … Continue reading →

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Visual Cut Doesn’t Like to Waste Space

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Chris C

Just a heads up that Visual Cut is really picky about command line arguments.  Visual Cut does a bunch of stuff with Crystal Reports but in my current project it is just used to print reports on demand.  The printing … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Dependency Query

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Chris C

You’ve been staring at the SQL Server view vwCustomersGH for the past hour.  The view is part of a project you just started maintaining and like many views and stored procedures in the project you are sure it’s not being … Continue reading →

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NUnit Error “Attempted to access an unloaded AppDomain”

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Chris C

I was plagued by the above error but found a workaround, at least one that worked for me.  It’s a one line change to the NUnit config file.  Note, this the actual NUnit config file that is installed in C:Program … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Mini-Compressor to .NET 4.0 Notes Addendum

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Chris C

You can read part one at Upgrading Mini-Compressor to .NET 4.0 Notes post. One item that I feel has been neglected by Visual Studio is the Setup & Deployment projects.  There has been little improvements to them since Visual Studio … Continue reading →

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