Tutorial: BottomNavigationView and ViewPager in Xamarin.Android

Android introduced BottomNavigationView in API 25.1 and I like it. To be honest, one of the biggest difference between iOS and Android for me was the placement of tabs. I enjoyed ActionBar tabs when they were a thing and loved the fact that I could swipe the tabs as I wished. But, when I used the bottom tabs in Android recently, I fell in love instantly. In today’s world of giant smartphones, one can only reach the bottom of the device during one-handed operations, so I loved the fact that I could use my hardware back button to navigate back and switch between tabs all with a single thumb.

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