It is not something I do often but every now and then I need to send or receive a fax. I generally search services online and look at different mobile apps. On occasion I have also opted to visit the nearest UPS or FedEx store. The problem I find with…
Hello Coders,
I have updated dannycabrera.GetiOSModel to version 1.6 with Apple’s new iPad models: iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) and iPad Pro 11-inch. Both of these new iPad Pro versions include both WiFi and WiFi + Cellular models. This little library has taken off from just a few hundred total…
I have updated dannycabrera.GetiOSModel to v1.5.0 with Apple’s three new iPhone models, iPhone XR, iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max.
Happy Friday Everyone,
I pushed out version 1.2 of GetDroidModel that includes 1,880 devices changes since last update on 3/30/2018 bring the new device list to 20,550 Google Play Store supported devices.
GitHub: https://github.com/dannycabrera/GetDroidModel
Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/dannycabrera.GetDroidModel
Device changes:
Sometimes you need to present the user with data and wait for a response all while not lock up the UI thread. Microsoft’s asynchronous programming model our best friend and in just a few lines we can wait for a response from DialogBuilder. In this code example we’ll wait for…
When recording (low level) PCM encoded audio in Android with AudioRecord, the application must continuously read the audio buffer and write the raw data to an audio file. One of downsides to using AudioRecord is that only raw uncompressed data is returned, meaning it’s missing the header which can only…
If you are ever working on a Xamarin.Android App and need to dismiss an AlertDialog box when loading SingleChoiceItems here’s an easy way to achieve it.
In the example below we create a new DialogBuilder instance, adding a title and then loading several items as SingleChoiceItems. Then on the DialogClickEventArgs handler grab a reference to the AlertDialog var d; and simply call d.Dismiss() to dismiss dialog, removing it from the screen.
Found myself in need of moving an item stored in an IList to the top of the stack. Some IList methods like RemoveAt() and Insert() would work however wouldn’t be as efficient with a large data set. Fortunately found a Stack Overflow post which would do the move in a single step. I renamed the extension to MoveToTop and here’s a quick and easy Xamarin Workbook sample.
Output:
Id: 3 Name: Third
Id: 1 Name: First
Id: 2 Name: Second
Hope someone finds this useful. Feel free to share/like etc.
Some years ago I wrote a handy library Get iOS Model that I open-sourced on Github and through the years I’ve been asked if I would ever create an Xamarin.Android version. Finally got around to it and made it available this week.
The package consists of 18,554 Android devices that support Google Play which I will update regularly.
Using the package is pretty simple:
- Install the nuget package dannycabrera.GetDroidModel
- Make a call to:
GetDroidModel.DeviceHardware.Model();Example: Device model “SM-G960F” will return as “Galaxy S9”.
If you prefer having the manufacturer’s name returned call:
GetDroidModel.DeviceHardware.Model(defaultValue: “Unknown”, includeManufacturer: true);Example: Device model “SM-G960F” will return as “Samsung Galaxy S9”.
Hope this is a useful library/plugin for all.
