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!
- .NET 8 for Android
- .NET 8 for iOS
- .NET 8 for MacCatalyst
- 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
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
If you cannot use our awesome templates - try our ugly, but effective boilerplate builder at: https://shinylib.net/client/appbuilder/
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
Looking for consulting for your .NET applications and Shiny, you can now book a time with Allan Ritchie on here: 1-1 Consulting Session
- Allan Ritchie - Project Lead
- Dan Siegel - Contributor
- Emily Stanek - Logo Designer
For more info on Shiny and other great .NET content, listen to Jon Dick (aka Redth) and Allan Ritchie (Author of Shiny) every week at:
