Find Open Source Plugins For Xamarin

In this blog, you will learn about Open Source Plug-ins for Xamarin.

Community Provided Open Source Plugins

 

Plugins for Xamarin are community-built NuGet and Components that add cross-platform functionality or abstract platform-specific functionality to a common API. These are both completely cross-platform and extremely small (i.e., they do 1 or 2 things really well with minimal-to-no dependencies). The Plugin API can be accessed on each platform, however, you will most likely only use the common API in a Portable Class Library or Shared Code project.

 

Notice
Plugins for Xamarin featured here are produced by the amazing open source community of Xamarin developers. Xamarin does not provide official support for these plugins, please contact their creator with any issues.

 

Popular Plugins

 

Browse through the most popular plugins out there today!

 

Name	Description	NuGet	Docs & Source
Audio Recorder	Record audio on a device's microphone input.	NuGet	GitHub
Battery Status	Gather battery level, charging status, and type.	NuGet	GitHub
Barcode Scanner	Scan and create barcodes with ZXing.NET.Mobile.	NuGet	GitHub
Bluetooth LE	Scan and connect to Bluetooth devices.	NuGet	GitHub
Calendar	Query and modify device calendars	NuGet	GitHub
Compass	Access device compass heading.	NuGet	GitHub
Config	Define the settings of the application for each environment in which it will run.	NuGet	GitHub
Connectivity	Get network connectivity info such as type and if the connection is available.	NuGet	GitHub
Cryptography	PCL Crypto provides a consistent, portable set of crypto APIs.	NuGet	GitHub
Custom Vision	Runs CoreML and TensorFlow models from https://CustomVision.ai on device	NuGet	GitHub
Device Info	Properties about the device, such as OS, Model, and Id.	NuGet	GitHub
Device Motion	Provides access to Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, and Compass.	NuGet	GitHub
Embedded Resource	Unpack embedded resource cross-platform.	NuGet	GitHub
External Maps	Launch external maps from Lat/Long or Address.	NuGet	GitHub
File Storage/File System	PCL Storage offers cross-platform storage APIs.	NuGet	GitHub
File Picker	Pick and save files.	NuGet	GitHub
File Uploader	Upload files using multipart request.	NuGet	GitHub
Fingerprint	Access Fingerprint sensor on iOS, Android, and Windows.	NuGet	GitHub
FFImageLoading	Image loading with caching, placeholders, transformations and more	NuGet	GitHub
Geofencing	Monitor regions when the user enters/exits.	NuGet	GitHub
Geolocator	Easily detect GPS location of a device.	NuGet	GitHub
HTTP Transfers	Download or upload files in the background. Provides speed metrics and estimates	NuGet	GitHub
iBeacon & Estimote	Range and monitor Bluetooth beacons.	NuGet	GitHub
Identity document scanning	Enable scanning of various identity documents in your app.	NuGet	GitHub
In-App Billing	Make, Query, and get In-App Purchases and Subscriptions.	NuGet	GitHub
Lamp	Access to LED	NuGet	GitHub
Latest Version	Detect if your users are using the latest version of your app.	NuGet	GitHub
Local Notifications	Show local notifications	NuGet	GitHub
Local Notifications	Manage local notifications	NuGet	GitHub
Manage Sleep	Manage auto sleep/auto lock.	NuGet	GitHub
Media	Take or pick photos and videos.	NuGet	GitHub
Media Manager	Playback for Audio and Video.	NuGet	GitHub
Messaging	Make a phone call, send SMS, and send e-mail	NuGet	GitHub
Microsoft Band	Connect and communicate with the Microsoft Band from shared code!	NuGet	GitHub
Multilingual Plugin	Simple cross-platform plugin for handling language localization.	NuGet	GitHub
Permissions	Easily check and request runtime permissions.	NuGet	GitHub
Portable Razor	Lightweight implementation of ASP.NET MVC APIs for mobile.	NuGet	GitHub
Push Notifications	Cross-platform iOS and Android Push Notifications.	NuGet	GitHub
Secure Storage	Provides secure storage for key-value pair string data	NuGet	GitHub
Settings	Simple & Consistent cross-platform settings API.	NuGet	GitHub
Share	Easily share text, links, or open a browser.	NuGet	GitHub
Sensors	Device sensors - accelerometer, ambient light, barometer, compass, device orientation, gyroscope, magnetometer, pedometer, and proximity	NuGet	GitHub
Sockets	TCP & UDP Listeners and Clients + UDP multicast.	NuGet	GitHub
Speech Recognition	Speech to Text.	NuGet	GitHub
Simple Audio Player	Play multiple MP3 or wave files from a shared library.	NuGet	GitHub
Store Review	Ask for store review or launch the app store page.	NuGet	GitHub
Text To Speech	Talkback text from shared code.	NuGet	GitHub
Toast	A simple way of showing toast/pop-up notifications.	NuGet	GitHub
User Dialogs	Message box style dialogs.	NuGet	GitHub
Version Tracking	Track which versions of your app a user has previously installed.	NuGet	GitHub
Vibrate	Vibrate any device.	NuGet	GitHub
Device Orientation	Plugin to work with screen orientation (change and lock)	NuGet	GitHub

 

Reference - https://github.com/xamarin/XamarinComponents#user-content-community-provided-open-source-plugins