Xamarin Essentials

What is Xamarin Essentials ?

Xamarin Essentials is an oficial package that we can use in every application we want, adding access to multiplatform API's like Accelerometer, Network, Battery or Phone Dialer among others.

With native support and obviously Xamarin.Forms, until now we have this features:

• Accelerometer - Retrieve acceleration data of the device in three dimensional space.
• App Information - Find out information about the application.
• Barometer - Monitor the barometer for pressure changes.
• Battery - Easily detect battery level, source, and state.
• Clipboard - Quickly and easily set or read text on the clipboard.
• Color Converters - Helper methods for System.Drawing.Color.
• Compass - Monitor compass for changes.
• Connectivity - Check connectivity state and detect changes.
• Detect Shake - Detect a shake movement of the device.
• Device Display Information - Get the device's screen metrics and orientation.
• Device Information - Find out about the device with ease.
• Email - Easily send email messages.
• File System Helpers - Easily save files to app data.
• Flashlight - A simple way to turn the flashlight on/off.
• Geocoding - Geocode and reverse geocode addresses and coordinates.
• Geolocation - Retrieve the device's GPS location.
• Gyroscope - Track rotation around the device's three primary axes.
• Launcher - Enables an application to open a URI by the system.
• Magnetometer - Detect device's orientation relative to Earth's magnetic field.
• MainThread - Run code on the application's main thread.
• Maps - Open the maps application to a specific location.
• Open Browser - Quickly and easily open a browser to a specific website.
• Orientation Sensor - Retrieve the orientation of the device in three dimensional space.
• Phone Dialer - Open the phone dialer.
• Platform Extensions - Helper methods for converting Rect, Size, and Point.
• Preferences - Quickly and easily add persistent preferences.
• Secure Storage - Securely store data.
• Share - Send text and website uris to other apps.
• SMS - Create an SMS message for sending.
• Text To Speech - Vocalize text on the device.
• Unit Converters - Helper methods to convert units.
• Version Tracking - Track the applications version and build numbers.
• Vibrate - Make the device vibrate.

IMPORTANT All the plugins will continue existing and new ones will appear that contemplate new cool features.

Supported Platforms till now

• Android +4.4
• iOS +10.0
• UWP +10.0.6299.0

Related Links

Xamarin Essentials NuGet Essentials

Xamarin Essentials Documentation Microsoft Xamarin.Essentials Documentation