Everything we shipped in 2024
đź•“ 7 MIN As 2024 wraps up, we are reflecting on all the updates and innovations we made this year, continuing the path of making .NET developers as productive as possible in creating beautiful cross-platform apps.  Our tallest task was launching Hot Design—the industry’s first visual designer for cross-platform .NET applications, which allows you to transform a running […]
Build an advent calendar app your friends can actually use
đź•“ 2 MIN Need a last-minute holiday project? Let’s build an advent calendar that your friends and family can actually use, regardless of what devices they have. https://youtu.be/z1IscX_wcWg In this blog, part of the C# Advent Calendar 2024, our very own Agnes Zitte walks you through building a fun and interactive advent calendar app using Uno Platform. With […]
Announcing Uno Platform Studio featuring Hot Design
đź•“ 7 MIN We are proud to introduce Uno Platform Studio, a suite of productivity tools featuring Hot Design, a next-generation Visual Designer for .NET cross-platform apps! To make every developer as productive as possible, Uno Platform Studio aids developers through the various parts of the development lifecycle, from design handoff to continuously designing and building the app: […]
Uno Platform 5.5 – Automated App Packaging, .NET 9 RC2, OpenGL, WebView2 and more
đź•“ 10 MIN Each release, we don’t just improve—we aim to revolutionize your development experience. For this release, we focused on drastically reducing the time and complexity required to package and distribute your cross-platform applications, in addition to a plethora of other productivity and performance features.  Our new App Packaging automates the process of bundling binaries, assets and […]
Handling Millions of Data Points in Cross-Platform .NET Applications
đź•“ 9 MIN Ever wondered how to visualize millions of datapoints without your app breaking a sweat? In this tutorial, we’ll tackle a common challenge faced by many developers: how to effectively visualize massive datasets across different platforms without sacrificing performance. We’ll explore a solution that allows you to render millions of data points smoothly, whether you’re working […]
Bridging the Gap Between MVU and MVVM
đź•“ 3 MIN State management patterns like MVU and MVVM have long been staples in application development, but both come with trade-offs that can limit scalability and maintainability in complex projects. Model-View-Update eXtended (MVUX) a new pattern in Uno Platform, bridges the gap between these two approaches, offering a more streamlined, asynchronous-friendly alternative. If you’ve ever struggled with the […]
Uno Platform 5.4: Perf Improvements and 290+ Issues closed
đź•“ 3 MIN We are introducing over 290 new additions in the Uno Platform 5.4 release, with a strong focus on performance and resolving issues for our paid clients. Some of you might not know this, but we sustain the Uno Platform open-source project through enterprise support, as described in this blog. This release primarily addresses critical client […]
Introducing ScottPlot Support for Uno Platform
đź•“ 3 MIN Advanced Cross-Platform Data Visualization We’re excited to announce that ScottPlot now officially supports the Uno Platform SDK (Uno.sdk). Developers can now leverage the interactive plotting library for .NET in their Uno Platform applications. Generate diverse charts and graphs—line plots, bar charts, pie charts, scatter plots, and more—right in your GUI environments. With support for advanced […]
Navigation in Uno Platform: A Comprehensive Guide to Uno.Extensions Navigation
đź•“ 5 MIN When developing applications, effective navigation is crucial for creating intuitive and efficient user experiences. This guide focuses specifically on Uno Platform’s Uno.Extensions Navigation feature, a powerful routing framework that extends beyond the capabilities of native frame navigation in Uno Platform. Uno.Extensions Navigation provides a comprehensive system designed to handle a wide range of navigation scenarios […]
