The open source Visual Studio Code has become the No. 1 option for many developers, with a vast extension library that effectively turns the lightweight, cross-platform editor into a full-fledged ...

Android is playing a little catch-up to iOS regarding in-app review functionality, just now coming tp Microsoft's Xamarin.Forms implementation. "In-app reviews improve the user experience as users ...

In programming of any kind, it is traditional to create a Hello World app for your first project. This simply means you’re printing the words “Hello World” to the screen. It requires a very basic ...

There was a time when downloading the latest Java Development Kit (JDK) was a necessary pre-requisite for Android develpoment. Today, an open JDK comes baked into Android Studio, reducing the number ...

In Android Studio for beginners, Part 2, you created your first animated mobile app using Android Studio. Now, Part 3 will take you through the steps to build and run the app in an Android device ...

Smartphone users often encounter unfamiliar items. While you can search using a typed description, this approach doesn't work for every object. Here's where Google Lens comes into play. It is a Google ...

Late-arriving .NET MAUI has finally replaced Xamarin in Visual Studio 2022. Specifically, .NET MAUI (.NET Multi-platform App UI) is now a project type among the five Desktop & Mobile options in Visual ...