A few months ago, I came across social media posts about creating a personal AI call assistant that could answer calls, converse with callers, and send a summary afterward. The idea sounded good to me — if I missed a call, my AI could gather the details and notify me instantly. I decided to try building one myself.

My Mac mini (Late 2014) is longer supported by Apple, which means no more updates or security patches will be provided. This leaves the hardware vulnerable but still usable for everyday tasks, pushing me to seek a supported operating system. I chose elementary OS for its macOS inspired look.

The iOS Shortcuts app is a powerful tool for automating tasks. I use it to send emails to myself with interesting content found online, which I later review in the evening. How to create such an automation? Read on.

In this post you will learn how to use Cake script to deploy Xamarin app to App Center, Google Play Internal and Test Flight.

In this post, I’ll present how to use Cake to build Xamarin app for different environments. You will learn how to update platform specific files (AndroidManifest.xml and Info.plist) and create platform specific packages (APK and IPA).

Cake allows to write C# scripts for compiling code, running unit tests, copying files/folders, etc. There is built-in support for many tools and many more via addins. In these post series I will show how to create Cake script that can: run unit tests, build Xamarin app, deploy app to App Center, deploy app to Google Play Internal, deploy app to Test Flight, run UI tests. The script can be used in every Xamarin app. I will also show how to create Azure Pipeline that use Cake script.

I’ve created recently customizable calendar control for Xamarin.Forms.

Animated Floating Action Button for Xamarin.Forms? It’s easy! In this post, I will show how we can use pure Xamarin.Forms for creating Floating Action Button that will animate when page appears. Let’s start!

Xamarin.Forms DisplayAlert method allows only to set two buttons for platform specific alert. Displaying three buttons is easy with platform specific code.

If you are a Xamarin developer (or would like to become on), probably you were wondering, which OS is the best choice. Each option has it’s pros and cons and none of them is good for every situation. When making decision which option to chose, the result should be based on team size, available budget and personal preferences. In this post I will describe few available options – I hope it will help you to make the best decision 🙂