This tutorial demonstrates how to create a custom button control in Xojo using the DesktopCanvas class. It covers defining properties, handling mouse events for visual feedback, and…
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The Keychain is a system-wide feature on macOS that securely stores account passwords for applications. Until Xojo 2025r1, updating the password for an existing KeychainItem—that is, for a given Service Name—required first removing the item from the Keychain and then recreating it from scratch. Not exactly the most efficient process. But with the introduction of the KeychainItem.UpdatePassword method in 2025r1, things have gotten much easier. Read on to see how you can take advantage of this new functionality.
Comments closedWhen writing code it’s always a good idea to be thinking about the future. Today you are creating a desktop project but tomorrow you might…
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April’s Year of Code theme is all about a great User Interface, I decided to focus on refining the user experience of an existing application.…
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Let’s talk about a term buzzing around: ‘vibe coding.’ Yes, you read that right. Vibe. Coding. As in, feeling the code into existence? As someone immersed in…
Comments closedStarting with Xojo 2025r1, you’ll find a new control in the iOS Library panel: MobileColorPicker. This control brings a native color-picking experience to your projects, allowing users to choose from a wide range of colors, save their favorites, or use a ‘loupe‘ to select a color directly from the screen.
Comments closedStarting with Xojo 2025r1, a new Property List Editor is available for both Desktop (macOS) and iOS projects under Build Settings > macOS and Build Settings > iOS. This editor simplifies the process of adding custom entries that your app may require, beyond those automatically included by Xojo.
Comments closedStarting with Xojo 2025r1, you can publish macOS and iOS apps to App Store Connect directly from the Xojo IDE. Keep reading to learn how!…
Comments closedFor many years, Xojo included prebuilt ICU libraries (International Components for Unicode) on Windows to ensure consistent Unicode behavior across platforms. However, maintaining and updating…
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