See here a schema of my setup !!
I want to use the pre-built Xamarin App: XamarinCRM from https://www.xamarin.com/prebuilt
But I want to remove the Azure services and change it with Couchbase Lite. Therefore I installed the package for Couchbase Lite in the 2 mobile projects. Then I created a Shared Project with all the DB code like CRUD operations.
In the PCL XamarinCRM, which calls originally the webservices, I want to replace these calls with CRUD code from the newly created Shared Project.
I always get the error: Type or namespace name 'Couchbase' could not be found. Probably this is because when compiling the XamarinCRM (PCL) it includes the shared project but of course the PCL doesn't know this package.
Above, there's the link showing a schema of the setup.
Anyone an idea of how to solve this?
Any help greatly appreciated.
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I need to create a reusable Xamarin Forms control that will be used in two separate projects. It does require custom renderers for IOS and Android. The problem is I cannot figure our what kind of project to use to create a reusable custom control library for Xamarin forms.
Every site seems to talk about creating customer controls that can be reusing in the same project. But I need it in a separate project for reuse.
Can someone please point me in the right direction.
Depending what are your needs regarding multi-targeting, using a solution with a shared project of type MSBuild.Sdk.Extras could be very helpful. You can then packed your shared project into a package that you can reference from your apps project and use locally.
Examples that might guide you and shows you the path are known nuget packages that are being used by app developers cross-platforms, just an example Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView.
Related to MSBuild.Sdk.Extras: How to use different base class in custom control depending on platform target?
I just got started working on ASP.NET 5. I want to have a help page for my methods, I have seen few examples for creating help pages but most of them are MVC specific. I have gone through Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.HelpPage package, it creates an Area for help page but I am not using MVC pattern.
Any suggestions how can I create help page other than this area approach?
I would suggest looking at Swagger and SwaggerUI. Swagger is an open standard, using JSON to document an API, used by the likes of PayPal and Microsoft (check out Logic apps in the azure portal).
There are some open source implementations for .Net (both of which I have used), which will self document your API, just by adding the NuGet packages to your project and a little bit of configuration:
https://github.com/domaindrivendev/Swashbuckle
https://github.com/domaindrivendev/Ahoy
Swashbuckle is the original project and Ahoy is the new version targeting ASPNET5. When downloading the package from NuGet you will still get Swashbuckle, just make sure you tick "include pre-release", and if you need any documentation look at the original GitHub project.
SwaggerUI (which is also included in Swashbuckle) adds an interface which you can use to navigate and test your API, by default this is available from "/swagger/ui" when your project is running.
Here is a sample repo in GitHub I put together showing how it can be used: https://github.com/mattridgway/ASPNET5-SwaggerUI
I been set the mission to look at Xamarin and its cross plaform / code resuse ability, I come from a iOS/Android background.
I want to aim for the holy grail of one universal front end (basic) and one reusable service layer.
I created my first project as a Xamarin Forms PLC, hit the issue it can not support compiler directives, which seem to be something your going to need. Also I was unable to add Parse package to the PLC. You need to reference it per platform / write code per platform?
I have now created Shared Asset Project, the default setup (new project). This does not allow me to add parse to the shared layer. Some of the examples I see add a new project called service, what type of project is this?
So, my question is, forgetting how many members are in a dev team, which one (PCL, SAP) lets me have a universal backend (parse).
I found a Github sample project that could help you. It can be found here: Sample Parse Project
The link to the xamarin component can be found here: Parse component This Xamarin Component should be able to be added into your project and it should get you started immediately. Also when you add the component to you project you should be able to view sample projects that come along with it.
I would start with the sample project and see what I can do with it, but it should become a lot easier by just adding the Parse component in. This would make it so you could probably use either type of project with some Dependency Injection.
I am working on a xamarin project where i use CouchBase Lite as my Local database. I also want to use MVVMCross library. Could anyone specify where should i include couchbase-Lite library, MVVMCross - hot tuna library(like class library or portable class library or platform specif project) such that view model gets notified about the changes in Couchdatabase.
Basically i want to change the view whenver there is a change in database i want to change the view with mvvmcross. Am using syncgateway to sync with server Couchbase bucket.
I am new to Xamarin, MVVM and CouchBaselite.
I couldnt find any concrete example for all this.
Thanks in advance.
I would perhaps just use the CouchBaseLite Xamarin Component. If you are wanting to access this in your PCL Core project you will probably have to create some sort of wrapper around the component and inject it properly into each platform. You can use the MvvmCross plugins wiki to get you started.
I know this is an old thread, but there's a new MvvmCross plugin for Couchbase, and basically does everything you want. It's in alpha, as of this writing on Nuget, and open source on Github. I was actually looking for the same, and happy to have found it! :)
https://www.nuget.org/packages/MvvX.Plugins.CouchBaseLite.ForestDB
https://github.com/mathieumack/MvvX.CouchBaseLite
After spending two straight days chasing the answer, I have to fall back and just ask:
Is it possible to perform Sqlite sync via Azure Mobile Services completely within Xamarin Forms iOS PCL project?
Any examples I have looked at (including those that claim that their emphasis is on PCL) all end up instantiating the MobileServicesClient within the Native iOS part of the solution, as well as performing the Sqlite sync via Azure Mobile Services within the native project as well.
My goal is to have a Xamarin.Forms solution, which relies on a Sqlite / Azure Mobile Services sync for all of its data and its offline needs. Such solution would not have to have any additional platform specific code, beside what is generated by the project template.
Furthermore, I intent on using Syncfusion Xamarin charts library, which only works within Xamarin.Forms project. The idea is to have Syncfusion chart source its data from the local Sqlite db, which, in turn, is periodically auto-refreshed using Azure Mobile Services Sqlite sync.
I think, that if I had to do all if the data sync business within my platform specific project, then I may not be able to use this Syncfusion Forms-only library.
Is it actually possible to do the Sqlite / Azure sync completely within the bounds of the PCL?
-Eugene
Yes, you can do so. Check out the book - http://aka.ms/zumobook - particularly Chapter 3. In addition, check out the underlying repo (link in the book) - there are several example setups of Xamarin Forms with Offline Sync in SQLite in there. The Chapter3 sample is a good place to start.
I'm able to use them with my project with removing Silverlight optins from my PCL project because of some System.Web methods are not available with it.
On PCL:
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory
Newtonsoft.Json
SQLite.Net
SQLite.Net.Async
On iOS Project:
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory, Version=3.1.0.0
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.Platform
Newtonsoft.Json
SQLite.Net
SQLite.Net.Platform.XamarinIOS.Unified