.NET consultant @ In The Hand Ltd | Former Microsoft MVPhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.net/post/3mnmfaqdt7r25.NET MAUI, Matter and Swift I've recently been working with Matter a lot. Matter is a standard for smart home devices which can play together nicely across ecosystems. In .NET MAUI on iOS this means using the native MatterSupport and Matter frameworks which are part of the OS. The Matter framework… http://inthehand.com/2026/06/06/net-maui-matter-and-swift/06 Jun 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:a63pyybmnxfallrbehjqvy55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmfaqdt7r25https://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.net/post/3mfh752t3th25IOBluetooth for .NET Refreshed Some time ago, I embarked on a binding library for the macOS IOBluetooth framework. This provides functionality for classic Bluetooth, Hands-free and Object Exchange functionality. It was built for Xamarin Mac and needed a big overhaul to support newer .NET versions.… http://inthehand.com/2026/02/22/iobluetooth-for-net-refreshed/22 Feb 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:a63pyybmnxfallrbehjqvy55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfh752t3th25https://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.net/post/3mdptxebkoj2rNFC support for all Uri types In order to save a few bytes, there is a special mechanism used in Uri NFC tags where one byte is reserved to match with specific Uri prefixes. A value of zero means the following text contains the full Uri, a value of one means the Uri starts with " There are… http://inthehand.com/2026/01/31/nfc-support-for-all-uri-types/31 Jan 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:a63pyybmnxfallrbehjqvy55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdptxebkoj2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.net/post/3ltohrvxsfd2bMVP for 2025 I'm really pleased and humbled to have been re-awarded the Microsoft MVP award for 2025. This year I've been awarded in the .NET category as my focus has been on .NET MAUI and .NET across multiple platforms. When I started on the MVP journey in 2003 it was for the .NET Compact… http://inthehand.com/2025/07/11/mvp-for-2025/11 Jul 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:a63pyybmnxfallrbehjqvy55/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltohrvxsfd2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.net/post/3lr4eg4shx42nWriting NFC Tags in .NET I first added NFC code to 32feet.NET back in 2020. However, as other priorities came along it never got fully polished and released on NuGet. This year I finally got around to it and updated the code for .NET 8.0 as it had originally targeted Xamarin Forms. InTheHand.Nfc… http://inthehand.com/2025/06/08/writing-nfc-tags-in-net/08 Jun 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:a63pyybmnxfallrbehjqvy55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4eg4shx42nhttps://bsky.app/profile/peterfoot.net/post/3lloro6uj4a2q32feet – Bluetooth LE Device Discovery on iOS When I created the InTheHand.BluetoothLE library I modeled the API on WebBluetooth as this gave a simple API surface but as it was designed to run within a browser sandbox some of the functionality is intentionally limited. For device discovery the API… http://inthehand.com/2025/03/31/32feet-bluetooth-le-device-discovery-on-ios/31 Mar 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:a63pyybmnxfallrbehjqvy55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloro6uj4a2q