In my my last post I showed how to set up unit tests that can easily be run against .NET/Mono, iOS, and Android. As a followup to that, I want to outline a few tips and tricks for lowering the friction to running these tests. The easier you can make it to add new tests and run them the more value you'll get out of testing. In fact, these tips apply to testing on any…

It's no secret that I'm a big proponent of testing, and lately I've been getting a lot of questions around how to approach getting started and what technologies to use. While I have a good amount of content coming out around this, some already announced, some to be announced soon, I thought I would also try to take some time to put together a few posts on the subject as well. In this post I'm going…

The "on-demand economy" is everywhere these days. With the tap of a screen you can summon a taxi or have food delivered from your favorite restaurant. Often these services even provide you with real-time updates on the location of the car or courier so you know exactly when they'll be showing up. From a user's perspective this is awesome, but there are pretty big privacy implications at play here for both users of the…

I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on Jesse Liberty's Yet Another Podcast to talk about Xamarin, with a particular focus on how we do things at Olo. Check it out, and I hope you enjoy! http://jesseliberty.com/2015/08/24/yet-another-podcast-141-greg-shackles-on-xamarin/…

With the release of Android 5.0, also known as Lollipop, Google introduced its new material design style. Material Design is a huge step forward for Android apps, bringing with it a total overhaul of theming, as well as a bunch of new UI components you can use in your apps. To make things even better, Google also released the Android Design Support Library, which allows you to take advantage of material design in versions of…