onboard missing samples

SharedResources/README.md

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ urlFragment: sharedresources
 
 This sample illustrates how to work with various iOS resources including: the accelerometer, photo/video library, camera, battery status, contacts, file system, and network activity indicator.
 
-![Shared Resources application screenshot](Screenshots/01.png "Shared Resources application screenshot")
+![Shared Resources application screenshot](Screenshots/01.png)

SimpleBackgroundFetch/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-name: Xamarin.iOS - SimpleBackgroundFetch
-description: This sample demostrates how to handle background fetches when the app is not running.
+name: Xamarin.iOS - Background Fetch
+description: This sample demonstrates how to handle background fetches when the app is not running.
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -9,7 +9,5 @@ products:
 urlFragment: simplebackgroundfetch
 ---
 # SimpleBackgroundFetch
-This sample demostrates how to handle background fetches when the app is not running.
 
-## Authors
-Timothy Risi
+This sample demostrates how to handle background fetches when the app is not running.

SimpleBackgroundTransfer/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-name: Xamarin.iOS - SimpleBackgroundTransfer
-description: SimpleBackgroundTransfer is a simple app that illustrates how to use background transfers. Right now this sample only works on iOS devices (not the...
+name: Xamarin.iOS - Background Transfer
+description: "SimpleBackgroundTransfer is a simple app that illustrates how to use background transfers"
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SimpleBackgroundTransfer is a simple app that illustrates how to use background
 
 Right now this sample only works on iOS devices (not the simulator).
 
+![App showing a world map image](Screenshots/IMG_0002.PNG)
+
 This is a port of Apple's WWDC2013 sample SimpleBackgroundTransfer.
 Link to Apple’s sample:https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=WWDC%202013#
-
-

SimpleCollectionView/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Simple Collection Views
-description: This sample demonstrates using Collection Views in iOS 6. It accompanies the article Introduction to Collection Views.
+description: "Demonstrates using Collection Views. It accompanies the article Introduction to Collection Views."
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ urlFragment: simplecollectionview
 ---
 # Simple Collection Views
 
-This sample demonstrates using Collection Views in iOS 6. It accompanies the article Introduction to Collection Views.
+This sample demonstrates using Collection Views. It accompanies the article [Introduction to Collection Views](https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios/user-interface/controls/uicollectionview).
+
+![App showing a layout of monkey icons](Screenshots/CollectionView.png)

SimpleDrillDown/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Simple Drill-Down
-description: This sample shows how you can make a table with cells that allow the user to drill further down to a detailed view of the data.
+description: "Shows how you can make a UITableView list view with cells that allow the user to drill further down to a detailed view of the data"
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ urlFragment: simpledrilldown
 This sample shows how you can make a table with cells that
 allow the user to drill further down to a detailed view of
 the data.
+
+![App showing a menu of Shakespeare play names](Screenshots/SimpleDrillDown1.png)

SimpleLogin/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - SimpleLogin
-description: This sample is the application that will be built at the end of the Creating iOS Applications in Code Using Visual Studio guide.
+description: This sample is the application that will be built at the end of the Creating iOS Applications in Code Using Visual Studio doc.
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -10,8 +10,4 @@ urlFragment: simplelogin
 ---
 # SimpleLogin
 
-This sample is the application that will be built at the end of the [Creating iOS Applications in Code Using Visual Studio](http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/application_fundamentals/ios_code_only/) guide.
-
-
-
-
+This sample is the application that will be built at the end of the [Creating iOS Applications in Code Using Visual Studio](https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios/app-fundamentals/ios-code-only) doc.

SimpleTextInput/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Simple Text Input Demo
-description: An example showing how to implement a simple text-editing application using Core Text that adopts various iOS 5 Objective-C protocols in a single...
+description: "How to implement a simple text-editing application using Core Text that adopts various Objective-C protocols in a single..."
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -10,19 +10,13 @@ urlFragment: simpletextinput
 ---
 # Simple Text Input Demo
 
-An example showing how to implement a simple text-editing application using Core Text that adopts
-various iOS 5 Objective-C protocols in a single class.
+An example showing how to implement a simple text-editing application using Core Text that adopts various iOS 5 Objective-C protocols in a single class.
 
-It shows how to use the UITextInput and UIKeyInput protocols to connect to the Core Text API.
+It shows how to use the `UITextInput` and `UIKeyInput` protocols to connect to the Core Text API.
 
-The file EditableCoreTextView.cs contains a sample showing how to adopt multiple protocols in 
-C# using the [Adopts] attribute.
+The file EditableCoreTextView.cs contains a sample showing how to adopt multiple protocols in C# using the `[Adopts]` attribute.
 
 Based on the Apple sample:
 http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/SimpleTextInput/Introduction/Intro.html
 
 ![Simple Text Input Demo application screenshot](Screenshots/SimpleTextInput.png "Simple Text Input Demo application screenshot")
-
-## Authors
-
-Rolf Bjarne Kvinge

SoZoomy/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - SoZoomy
-description: 'SoZoomy shows how to use the AVCaptureDevice APIs to zoom with the camera. There are three modes: Face Detection: Displays faces detected on the...'
+description: 'Shows how to use the AVCaptureDevice APIs to zoom with the camera. There are three modes: Face Detection, Manual, Meme mode'
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -9,15 +9,11 @@ products:
 urlFragment: sozoomy
 ---
 # SoZoomy
-SoZoomy shows how to use the AVCaptureDevice APIs to zoom with the camera. There are three modes:
 
-* Face Detection: Displays faces detected on the screen; tapping them locks the size and will automatically adjust the zoom as the distance changes.
-* Manually setting zoom: Moving the slider at the bottom of the screen adjusts the zoom accordingly
-* Meme mode: Triggers an automatically zoom that ramps up quickly.
+SoZoomy shows how to use the AVCaptureDevice APIs to zoom with the camera. There are three modes:
 
-**NOTE: This sample will only work with Xcode 5.0 or above.
+- Face Detection: Displays faces detected on the screen; tapping them locks the size and will automatically adjust the zoom as the distance changes.
+- Manually setting zoom: Moving the slider at the bottom of the screen adjusts the zoom accordingly
+- Meme mode: Triggers an automatically zoom that ramps up quickly.
 
 ![SoZoomy application screenshot](Screenshots/01.png "SoZoomy application screenshot")
-
-## Authors
-Timothy Risi

SocialFrameworkDemo/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Social Framework Demo
-description: This sample demonstrates using the Apple's Social Framework to access Twitter and Facebook. It accompanies the article Introduction to the Social...
+description: This sample demonstrates using the Apple's Social Framework to access Twitter and Facebook
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ urlFragment: socialframeworkdemo
 ---
 # Social Framework Demo
 
-This sample demonstrates using the Apple's Social Framework to access Twitter and Facebook. It accompanies the article Introduction to the Social Framework.
+This sample demonstrates using the Apple's Social Framework to access Twitter and Facebook. It accompanies the article [Introduction to the Social Framework](https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/ios/platform/social-framework).
+
+![App with Facebook login page](Screenshots/Facebook02.png)

Sound/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Sound
-description: Sound is a simple example of how to record an AAC file using the iPhone microphone or externally attached recording hardware and then play it back.
+description: Sound is an example of how to record an AAC file using the iPhone microphone or externally attached recording hardware then play it back.
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ Sound is a simple example of how to record an AAC file using the iPhone
 microphone or externally attached recording hardware and then play it back.
 
 ![Sound application screenshot](Screenshots/screenshot-1.png "Sound application screenshot")
-
-## Authors
-
-James Bentley, Bryan Costanich

SplitView/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Split View
-description: This sample illustrates how to use the UISplitView control for iPad. It utilizes a main split view controller that manages a master view and a set...
+description: "How to use the UISplitView control for iPad. It utilizes a main split view controller that manages a master view and a set..."
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ of child views. When an item on the master view is clicked, it raises and
 event that the main split view controller (MainSplitView) listens for and
 then notifies the detail view controller accordingly. This pattern should
 generally be used when implementing the UISplitViewController because it
-decouples the child views from each other and represents an architecturally
-resilient design.
+decouples the child views from each other.
 
 ![Split View application screenshot](Screenshots/01.png "Split View application screenshot")
-
-## Authors
-
-Bryan Costanich

SpriteKitPhysicsCollisions/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Sprite Kit Physics Collisions
-description: This example demostrates physics and collisions between objects when using Sprite Kit. The ship on the left when the app launches is controllable...
+description: "Demonstrates physics and collisions between objects using Sprite Kit. The ship starting on the left is controllable... (game)"
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
 products:
 - xamarin
+extensions:
+    tags:
+    - game
 urlFragment: spritekitphysicscollisions
 ---
 # Sprite Kit Physics Collisions
-This example demostrates physics and collisions between objects when using Sprite Kit. The ship on the left when the app launches is controllable by the player using the following controls:
+
+This example demonstrates physics and collisions between objects when using Sprite Kit. The ship on the left when the app launches is controllable by the player using the following controls:
 
 * Tap left of the ship – `Turn Left`
 * Tap right of the ship – `Turn Right`
@@ -18,6 +22,3 @@ This example demostrates physics and collisions between objects when using Sprit
 * Tap on the ship – `Fire weapon`
 
 ![Sprite Kit Physics Collisions application screenshot](Screenshots/01.png "Sprite Kit Physics Collisions application screenshot")
-
-## Author
-Timothy Risi

SpriteTour/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Sprite Tour
-description: This sample is a port to apple’s WWDC2013 Sprite Tour sample. Link to Apple’s sample:...
+description: "Sprite Kit example uses multiple scenes to demonstrate each of the different features of SKSpriteNode"
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -9,27 +9,20 @@ products:
 urlFragment: spritetour
 ---
 # Sprite Tour
+
 This sample is a port to apple’s WWDC2013 Sprite Tour sample.
-Link to Apple’s sample: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=WWDC%202013#
 
 This Sprite Kit example uses multiple scenes to demonstrate each of the different features of the SKSpriteNode class.
 
-Each scene demonstrates one major concept. You can learn one technique from each sample, then decide which techniques are useful and how to combine them together.
-
-BasicSprites
-Shows how to create a default textured or untextured sprite.
+![App showing sprite demos](Screenshots/IMG_0002.PNG)
 
-ColorizedSprites
-Shows how to apply a colorization effect to a textured sprite.
-
-ResizingSprites
-Shows how a sprite can be resized, with different scaling effects applied to the texture.
-
-SpriteAnchors
-Shows how a sprite’s anchor position can be changed so that the texture image is not centered on the sprite’s position.
+Each scene demonstrates one major concept. You can learn one technique from each sample, then decide which techniques are useful and how to combine them together.
 
-SpriteBlending
-Shows how an additive blending mode can be used to simulate lights.
+- BasicSprites - Shows how to create a default textured or untextured sprite.
+- ColorizedSprites - Shows how to apply a colorization effect to a textured sprite.
+- ResizingSprites - Shows how a sprite can be resized, with different scaling effects applied to the texture.
+- SpriteAnchors - Shows how a sprite’s anchor position can be changed so that the texture image is not centered on the sprite’s position.
+- SpriteBlending - Shows how an additive blending mode can be used to simulate lights.
+- AnimatedSprites - Shows how a sprite’s texture image can be animated.
 
-AnimatedSprites
-# Shows how a sprite’s texture image can be animated.
+Link to Apple’s sample: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=WWDC%202013#

Stars/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Xamarin.iOS - Stars
-description: This sample provides an introduction to Core Motion by demonstrating how to implement virtual reality. The view controller provides a view of...
+description: "Core Motion virtual reality demo, a view controller provides a view of rotation cubes and stars"
 page_type: sample
 languages:
 - csharp
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ of rotating cubes and stars, which uses Core Motion to determine which
 way the device is facing to display these elements from different
 angles.
 
+![Screen showing stars, cubes, and data display](Screenshots/Stars01.png)
+
 Target device must have device motion / gyroscope available to display
 properly, and therefore cannot be run on a simulator.
 
 This is a port of the WWDC2012 sample of the same name.
-
-Ported by: Peter Collins