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So... you need to have your mobile app hit your local web serivce (that runs on IIS Express) and debug it. Follow these articles: * Steps to Enable Remote Debugging [http://johan.driessen.se/posts/Accessing-an-IIS-Express-site-from-a-remote-computer] * Troubleshooting steps to get remote debugging working [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14725455/connecting-to-visual-studio-debugging-iis-express-server-over-the-lan] * More info:

References * Ninject Wiki [http://www.ninject.org/wiki.html] * Ninject Wiki on GitHub [https://github.com/ninject/ninject/wiki] Wire Up Bindings public class Bindings : NinjectModule { public override void Load() { Bind<IStorageManager>().To<StorageManager>().InSingletonScope(); Bind<IThumbnailGenerator>().To<ThumbnailGenerator>().InSingletonScope(); } } Loading Assemblies

* Here is how to do it [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4562734/android-starting-service-at-boot-time] * if you do need to do this, wait a few mins before having your service do any work * Better to use Alarm Manager or run your service in the forgorund so the user sees it

Handle Android Background Service Errors * Best Practice for handling errors in Android Services [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13108875/best-practice-for-error-handling-in-an-android-service] * Use a notification to inform the user of errors [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3696440/android-service-error-handling]

* How to unit test your MVVMCross ViewModels [https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/wiki/Testing] * Moq Reference [https://github.com/Moq/moq4/wiki/Quickstart]

Spinner Spinner in MVVMCross [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17678074/is-there-a-binding-for-an-mvvmcross-mvxspinner-for-the-onitemselected-event] Solid Examples in: * APIExamples Dialog Picker Dialog Picker Info 1 [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15499698/how-to-make-a-datepickerdialog-for-monodroid-mvvmcross] Dialog Picker Info 2 [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14829521/bind-timepicker-datepicker-mvvmcross-mono-for-android] Using an Android Dialog and getting Values to ViewMod

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* Tutorial on creating webjob that reads from the queue [http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/websites-dotnet-webjobs-sdk-get-started/] * WebJob SDK [http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/websites-dotnet-webjobs-sdk-get-started/] * Deploying WebJobs [http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/websites-dotnet-deploy-webjobs/] * Tips [http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/sspencer/post/2014/09/22/5-Tips-for-using-Azure-Web-Jobs.

SQLite.Net PCL Project * Basically an ORM wrapper around SQLite * Details [https://github.com/oysteinkrog/SQLite.Net-PCL] * Xamarin Android and IOS versions [http://components.xamarin.com/view/sqlite-net] * Nuget Packages [https://www.nuget.org/profiles/oystein.krog/] SQLite PCL released by Microsoft Open Technologies * Details [https://sqlitepcl.codeplex.com/documentation]

* SQLite Syntax Reference [http://www.sqlite.org/lang.html] * SQLite Docs [http://www.sqlite.org/docs.html]

General Performance Optimization * Original article here [http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/memory_perf_best_practices/] IDisposable * Good to use on images * Can be called either directly or implicitly by wrapping an object tin a using statement, as shown below: using (var image = UIImage.FromFile ("image.png&

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list all SVN commits and who committed what a repo in the root of the working copy: svn log -v if too much data is being displayed, use: --limit: i.e.: svn log -v --limit 50 SVN Commands [http://wiki.greenstone.org/wiki/index.php/Useful_SVN_Commands]

* MVVM Cross [https://github.com/MvvmCross] * Location of MVVM Cross Binaries [https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross-Binaries] MVVM Cross Android MVVM Cross Android Binding * MVVM Cross Android Resource File [https://github.com/slodge/MvvmCross/tree/v3/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding.Droid/ResourcesToCopy] * place in the folder: /Resources/Values eg: <?xml

Fastest way to remote all whitespace from a string: Regex.Replace(someString, @"\s+", "") Generate Random Numbers private static int GenerateRandomNumber() { var random = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks); return random.Next(18000, 35000); } Current Project Directory string startupPath = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); or string startupPath = Environment.

Android Android Location Services * Android Cloud Connectivity - How to upload data to the cloud without draining the devices battery [http://developer.android.com/training/building-connectivity.html] * Get Current Device Location [http://developer.xamarin.com/recipes/android/os_device_resources/gps/get_current_device_location/] * Reverse Geocode a Location [http:

Android Browsing Files * Browse Files in Android (Xamarin) [http://developer.xamarin.com/recipes/android/data/files/browse_files/] Accessing Internal and External Storage * Starting with Android 4.4, reading or writing files in your app's private directories does not require the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE or WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Lessons Learned from the gocardless guys * Notes taken during presentation by Go Cardless [https://gocardless.com/] at Facebook London on Oct 13, 2014 at the London API meetup * Changing your api is really hard * Define list of hard things to change Hard Things to Change in an API Design Content

Which PCL Works Well with Xamarin? Which PCL to choose? [http://danrigby.com/2014/04/16/xamarin-pcl-profile-notes/] Profile 158 * 158 is a good choice (this works with MVVM Cross as well (.NET Framework 4.5, Silverlight 5, Windows 8, Windows Phone Silverlight 8, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.iOS) * Supports RestSharp PCL

General Xamarin Notes Fire OS 3.5 Notes * Build with v17 of Android * Open the Android SDK Manager * Tools -> Add-on Sites --> User Defined Sites -> Add the following url: http://kindle-sdk.s3.amazonaws.com/addon.xml * In the SDK Manager -> Extras ->

Basic Layouts * Nesting layouts negatively impacts performance * Using relative layouts is a good way to avoid using nested layouts Linear Layouts Relative Layouts Framelayout * use layout gravity to vary the postions Table Layout * like a linerear layout, but with each row nested like a relative layout Basic Attributes Size * match_

TestCaseAttribute (NUnit 2.5) TestCaseAttribute serves the dual purpose of marking a method with parameters as a test method and providing inline data to be used when invoking that method. Here is an example of a test being run three times, with three different sets of data: [TestCase(12,3,

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Sample code actual.Name.Should().Be("France"); actual.CallingCode.Should().Be("33"); actual.CountryUid.Should().Be(5); Compare all of the properties within an object actual.ShouldBeEquivalentTo(expected); // compares just the properties specify exclusions actual.ShouldBeEquivalentTo(expected, options => options.ExcludingMissingProperties()); Documentation Fluent Assertion Documentation [https: