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Quick Tip: Place limits on MobileImagePicker

Published August 20, 2026 by Javier Menendez

The MobileImagePicker class has been around for while. It lets users take photos using a device’s available cameras and choose images from the device gallery.

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FAQ: iOS Development with Xojo

Published May 8, 2026 by Javier Menendez

In recent weeks I received several questions regarding Xojo iOS, many from users who already use Xojo for desktop or web development and want to start using Xojo for mobile, particularly iOS, development. I’ve compiled some of their questions together with some other tips into this mini-FAQ.

I’ll update this FAQ from time to time, so you may want to bookmark it and revisit! In addition, the Xojo Forum is a great place to keep the conversation about this and other iOS Xojo-related topics!

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Quick Tip: Font Properties in DrawControlInLayoutEditor for Mobile Projects

Published April 22, 2026 by Martin T.

In the new DrawControlInLayoutEditor event of Xojo, which is available for MobileCanvas, AndroidMobileUserControl, and iOSMobileUserControl, there are properties available that otherwise do not exist in…

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More New Features for Android: MobileChart, MobileColorPicker, MobilePDFViewer & Zip/Unzip

Published March 31, 2026 by Paul Lefebvre

The first release of 2026 brings some notable new features to Xojo’s Android support. You’ll find new charting, color-picking, PDF viewing, and file-zip utilities, plus…

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Hide the Tabs in an Android MobileTabPanel Using Declares

Published September 25, 2025 by Martin T.

Here’s how you can modify Xojo Android’s MobileTabPanel to behave more like the PagePanel found in Xojo Desktop and Web. A TabPanel, as the name…

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Xojo for Android: A Two-Year Retrospective

Published September 16, 2025 by Xojo

Xojo 2023r2 was the version in which Xojo introduced the beta release of its Android support. Now, with the release of Xojo 2025r2, it’s time…

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4 Setting the Badge Color for Tabs on iOS

Published August 20, 2025 by Javier Menendez

This is the final article in our series on customizing the appearance of the NavigationBar and TabBar. In this post, we’ll go a step further and show how to change the default color of the tab badge which is red by default.

As you might expect, we’ll need a few more Declares to accomplish this. Continue reading to learn how!

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3 Coloring the Tab Bar on iOS

Published August 19, 2025 by Javier Menendez

In the first two blog posts, we saw how important it is to customize the NavigationBar when theming your iOS app. However, that’s only part of the equation, especially if your app also uses a TabBar. In that case, you’ll likely want to customize not only the background color of the TabBar, but also the text color of the selected tab and the color used for the unselected tabs.

Continue reading to learn how to do all of this thanks to the powerful flexibility of Declares!

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2 Coloring the Navigation Bar Text on iOS

Published August 18, 2025 by Javier Menendez

In a previous blog post, we covered how to set the color of the NavigationBar on a MobileScreen in iOS projects. However, if you’re customizing the Navigation Bar’s background, you’ll likely want control over the title text color and the color of any buttons added to it as well.

Continue reading to learn how to customize those elements too.

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1 Coloring Your iOS App Navigation Bar

Published August 11, 2025 by Javier Menendez

This is the first of a series of 4 posts about customizing the Navigation and Tab Bars. One of the best ways to give your iOS app a custom look is by theming the Navigation Bar. While it’s possible to do this using a ContainerControl or a Rectangle with carefully applied constraints, there’s a better and more direct approach—using Declares.

Keep reading to learn how to style your Navigation Bar.

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