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README
Shiny v3 BETA for .NET
THIS IS THE BETA BRANCH - FOR STABLE GO HERE
Shiny is a cross platform framework designed to make working with device services and background processes easy, testable, and consistent while bringing things like dependency injection & logging in a structured way to your code!
Supports
- Xamarin iOS
- Xamarin Android
- .NET 7 for Android
- .NET 7 for iOS
- .NET 7 for MacCatalyst
- .NET 7 for Windows (Core & BLE)
Features
- Handles all of the cruft like Permissions, main thread traversal, persistent storage and app restarts
- Brings your infrastructure to the background
- Provides logging to ensure you know when your services fail in the background
- Gives a clean & testable API surface for your code
- Periodic Background Jobs
- BLE Client & Hosting
- Beacons Ranging & Monitoring
- Locations - GPS & Geofencing
- Push Notification - Native, Azure Notifications Hubs, Firebase, and more
- Local Notifications - best of breed local notifications supporting almost all features across all of the supported platforms
Links
Visual Studio Templates
These templates will help get you up & running quickly. Simply select what features of Shiny you want to use and they will wire up everything from permissions to app configuration.
dotnet new --install Shiny.Templates
Integrating With Existing Apps
If you cannot use our awesome templates - try our ugly, but effective boilerplate builder at: https://shinylib.net/client/appbuilder/
Support Shiny!
While Shiny is free and will continue to be so, maintenance and support takes a heavy toll on sustainability. If you or your company have the resources, please consider becoming a GitHub Sponsor. GitHub Sponsorships help to make Open Source Development more sustainable.
Depending on your Sponsorship Tier, you may also get access to some great benefits on Sponsor Connect (https://sponsorconnect.dev) including:
- The Sponsor Only Discord server
- Training available ONLY to sponsors on Sponsor Connect
- Special sponsor-only packages
How about some Shiny Gear
Premium Paid Support
Looking for consulting for your .NET applications and Shiny, you can now book a time with Allan Ritchie on here: 1-1 Consulting Session
Contributors
- Allan Ritchie - Project Lead
- Dan Siegel - Contributor
- Emily Stanek - Logo Designer
Adoption Assessment
A verified publisher signal is available. Assess fit from the package's supported frameworks, license and dependency graph rather than popularity alone.
Related Guides & Workflows
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