awesome-xamarin 

A hand-picked bookmark collection of subjectively modern/interesting libraries/tools for Xamarin Android/iOS/WP libraries.

Inspired by awesome-dotnet

• Awesome Xamarin
  • General
  • Async
  • Cloud
  • Database/Caching
  • Framework
  • Fody
  • Game Engine
  • Imaging
  • IOC
  • Internationalization
  • MVVM
  • Network
  • Security
  • Serialization
  • TDD/BDD
  • Tools
  • Wearable
  • Xamarin.Forms
  • XPlat APIs

General

• AutoMapper - A convention-based object-object mapper in .NET
• Humanizer - Manipulation and displaying of strings, enums, dates, times, timespans, numbers and quantities
• Fluent Validation - Fluent interface and lambda expressions for building validation rules
• Polly - Exception handling policies such as Retry, Retry Forever, Wait and Retry or Circuit Breaker
• Stateless - State Machines

Async

• AsyncEx - A helper library for async/await.
• LinqToAwait - A Task-based LINQ designed to work with async/await

Cloud

• Azure - Microsoft Azure
• FireSharp - Firebase REST API wrapper

Database/Caching

• Akavache - An Asynchronous Key-Value Store for Native Applications
• Massive - "wrapper" for your DB tables and uses System.Dynamic extensively
• SQLite.Net-PCL - SQLite 3 databases support, PCL, async

Fody

• Fody - Extensible tool for weaving .net assemblies
• ReactiveUI.Fody - Generate RaisePropertyChange notifications for properties and ObservableAsPropertyHelper properties
• AutoDependencyProperty.Fody - Automatically generates DependencyProperty boilerplate from simple C# properties
• PropertyChanged.Fody - Injects INotifyPropertyChanged code into properties at compile time

Framework

• SimplyMobile - Collection of abstracted mobile functionalities

Game Engine

• CocosSharp - C# implementation of the Cocos2D and Cocos3D APIs
• MonoGame - Open source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4.x Framework
• Paradox - Paradox3D + Silicon Studio .NET

Imaging

• Fast & Furious Image Loading - Xamarin library to load images quickly & easily
• NGraphics - Cross platform library for rendering vector graphics
• Splat - Cross platform image loading, colors and stuff
• EZ-Compress - A simple image stream compression plugin for Xamarin

IOC

• Autofac - An addictive .NET IoC container
• Ninject - The ninja of .net dependency injectors
• TinyIoC - Single-class easy IoC container
• LightInject - Light, simple and stunningly fast IoC container for .NET

Internationalization

• Vernacular - Cross Platform Localisation, tools to convert standard strings formats
• Resxible - tool to generate automatically several platform-dependent resource files from a single RESX file.

MVVM

• Frameworks
  • MVVMCross - Cross-platform mvvm mobile development framework
    • Cheesebaron.MvxPlugins - A collection of plugins
    • MvxAms - MVVMCross Azure Mobile Services plugin
    • MvxForms - MVVMCross plugin for using Xamarin.Forms
    • acrmvvmcross - Barcode, Device Info, IO, Network, Settings, Signature, User Dialogs
  • ReactiveUI - Rx MVVM framework
• Bind - Bind gives you easy two-way data binding between properties of objects.
• Fody/PropertyChanged - Injects INotifyPropertyChanged code into properties at compile time

Network

• Flurl - Flurl is a modern, fluent, asynchronous, testable, portable, buzzword-laden URL builder and HTTP client library.
• Fusillade - set of HttpMessageHandlers that make your mobile applications more efficient and responsive
• ModernHttpClient - Accelerates HTTP requests by using mobile-optimized libs (NSURLSession / OkHttp)
• Push Notification - Simple cross platform plugin to handle push notification events such as registering, unregistering and messages arrival on Android and iOS.
• Reachability - Online/offline connected check
• Refit - The automatic type-safe REST library for Xamarin and .NET
• RestEase - Refit on steroids, simpler auth, parsing...
• Sockets - An abstraction over the socket helper classes of .NET and WinRT

Security

• PCLCrypto - Cryptography for portable class libraries (MD5,...)
• BoucyCastle.PCL PCL Version of BouncyCastle (Cryptography) targetting .NET, SL, WP and WinRT

Serialization

• Newtonsoft.Json - Popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET

TDD/BDD

• FluentAssertions - TDD/BDD fluent asserts
• NBehave - framework for Behaviour-Driven Development

Tools

• PushSharp - A server-side library for sending Push Notifications to iOS (iPhone/iPad APNS), Android (C2DM and GCM - Google Cloud Message), Windows Phone, Windows 8, Amazon, Blackberry, and (soon) FirefoxOS devices!
• GradleBindings - Visual Studio extension, for referencing gradle libs in Android projects
• Resxible - tool to generate automatically several platform-dependent resource files from a single RESX file.
• Xamaridea - Visual Studio extension, opens *.axml files in Android Studio

Wearable

• WormHoleSharp - Communication between Watch and iDevice

Xamarin.Forms

• Acr-xamarin-forms - Camera/Gallery, Barcode Scanning, User Dialogs, Geo-Location, Network Utils, Device Info, Settings, E-Mail, Phone, SMS all for Xamarin.Forms
• AdvancedTimer - Timer object and its methods are implemented for extended support for timers.
• Android AppCompat - Provide Material Design themes now for Xamarin.Forms apps natively without hacks
• Circle Image Control - Simple but elegant way of display circle images in your Xamarin.Forms projects
• Compass - Provides and simple way to access the compass on Windows Phone, iOS and Android from you Xamarin.Forms projects
• Device Orientation - Simple way to get device orientation or be notified of orientation changes in your Xamarin.Forms projects
• NControl - Xamarin.Forms control for NGraphics
• MvxForms - MVVMCross plugin for using Xamarin.Forms
• SolTech Xamarin Forms Toolkit - set of helpful extensions to the Xamarin Forms framework
• Store Rating Plugin - Rate app popup
• SVG - SVG file format support
• Toasts Plugin - A simple way of showing some notifications inside your Xamarin.Forms application
• TwinTechsFormsLib - FastCell, FastImage, FastGridCell
• Xamarin-Forms-Labs - Powerful and cross platform set of controls and helpers
• xamarin-forms-xna - Monogame wrapper for Xamarin.Forms

XPlat APIs

Most of them support Android and iOS, some do Windows Phone 8

• barcodes - A cross platform barcode scanning and creating library built on top of ZXing.Net.Mobile.
• biometrics - (Fingerprint Sensor) For Xamarin (iOS & Android)
• Calendars - Calendar API plugin for Xamarin and Windows Phone, Supports basic CRUD operations with calendars and events.
• Device Motion - Simple cross platform plugin to read motion vectors value for device motion sensors such as: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Compass.
• HybridKit - Simple C# – JavaScript bridge for building hybrid iOS and Android apps.
• io - Access system folders and files using a familiar api mobile-optimized libs (NSURLSession / OkHttp)
• Lager - Cross-platform settings storage that uses Akavache as a storage backend
• Lamp - Simple way of controlling the lamp/LED on the back of your phone from Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms projects
• ManageSleep - Manage auto sleep / auto lock in all platforms. This is useful when dealing with long running processes
• Messaging - The Messaging plugin makes it possible to make a phone call, send a sms or send an e-mail using the default messaging applications on the different mobile platforms.
• ModernHttpClient - Accelerates HTTP requests by using
• notifications - Notifications plugin for Xamarin and Windows
• Reachability - Online/offline connected check
• Settings - Cross platform settings plugin for Xamarin and Windows
• Telephony - Email, sms, voice and video call functionality
• userdialogs - Standard user dialogs from a shared/portable library.
• Version - Get app version from bundle
• Xamarin.Badge - Simple cross platform plugin to work with application badge
• Xamarin.LocalNotifications - Simple cross platform plugin to work with mobile local notifications
• Xamarin.Mobile - Reading the user's address book and using the camera
• xamarin-plugins - Device Motion, Geofencing, Push Notifications (Beta)
• Xamarin.Plugins - Battery Status, Connectivity, Contacts, Device Information, Extended Maps, Geolocator, Media, Settings, Text To Speech, Vibrate, Circle Image for Xamarin.Forms
• Plugins for Xamarin - Here you will find a listing of cross platform Plugins for Xamarin that support Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.Forms, and Windows Platform from a single API.

REFERENCE https://github.com/benoitjadinon/awesome-xamarin

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