Customizing Settings item in UWP NavigationView
In this article we will see how to modify the default icon and text of the built-in Settings item in UWP’s NavigationView.
App close confirmation in UWP
It is a common request from app developers to be able to display a confirmation dialog when their app is being closed. Although this scenario is becoming less and less relevant in days of mobile apps and cloud-based data, it is still useful in specific cases. In this article we will learn how to implement
Xamarin.Forms – Changing selected item color in UWP
Xamarin.Forms has a built-in ListView control which offers rich cross-platform functionality including item selection. In case of UWP the color of the selected item is by default determined by the current accent color of the OS. However, it is a common requirement to customize this to better match the branding of your application. In this
Solving SerializationException with Entity Framework 6 tooling
Code-first migrations in Entity Framework 6 are a great tool to work with most of the time, but when they hit you with an error, they like to do so in inexplicable ways. One of those is a SerializationException during any of the EF-related commands. In this article, I will show you what helps fix
Debugging .NET standard libraries in UWP
.NET Standard has ushered an era of effortless portability among different implementations of .NET and superseded Portable Class Libraries in every way. UWP supports .NET Standard 2.0 since the Fall Creators Update, but there is still one caveat that sometimes breaks debugging of Standard libraries in UWP.
Microsoft Build 2018 – Day 3
The final day of the Build 2018 conference is here! I will tell you about the great and awesome sessions from day 3 and the final celebration in Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle!
Microsoft Build 2018 – Day 2
Third article from my Build 2018 series focuses on day 2 of the conference. We will go through all the cool things from the first keynote, check out a few talks, get the best burger in Seattle and finish ourselves off with some yummy ice cream. Stay tuned!
Microsoft Build 2018 – Day 1
After a long delay a second entry in my series of Build 2018 blogposts. I will tell you how to get to be the first in line for the keynote, how Azure is getting more important, how AI is the new big thing and how to get yourself a brand new Surface Book 2. Read
Microsoft Build 2018 – day (-1) and 0
After missing out for two years on Microsoft Build I was lucky enough to get an irresistible offer from the Mixed Reality team at Microsoft to join this year’s developer conference in Seattle and naturally I seized this opportunity without second thoughts. This post summarizes the pre-event days – Saturday and Sunday before the show.
Customizing UWP Slider Thumb
The default UWP Slider control features a very simple rectangular thumb. Luckily enough, thanks to the customizability of XAML design you can replace the default thumb with a custom control to give your app a fresh and original look.
