Peter Foot
Software Engineer at inthehand
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorPeter Foot is a software engineer and founder of In The Hand Ltd, specializing in IoT and mobile computing with over two decades of experience building cross-platform apps and connectivity solutions. A Microsoft MVP since 2003 and creator of the 32feet.NET project, he brings deep expertise in .NET, C#, Bluetooth and personal area networking that helps developers bridge device ecosystems. He is Xamarin-certified and has contributed cross-platform UI and media features to major open-source projects like Xamarin.Forms and the Uno Platform, demonstrating practical work across Android, iOS, WPF and Web targets. Peter combines consultancy leadership with hands-on development—routinely merging native platform details into managed code and resolving complex integration issues. Based in Telford, UK, he focuses on empowering clients with mobility and productivity-enhancing solutions, often surfacing subtle platform-level fixes that improve real-world app reliability.
10 years of coding experience
English
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Github Skills (33)
ios10
net10
xamarin10
dotnet10
bluetooth-le10
user-interface10
cross-platform10
asp-net10
xamarin-forms10
android10
bluetooth10
dotnet-core10
uno-platform10
wpf10
csharp10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
inthehand/32feet
Mar 2017 - Jan 2023
Personal Area Networking for .NET. Open source and professionally supported
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 42 reviews, 242 commits in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on importing and integrating source code from a CodePlex repository, primarily in the area of Android and general personal area networking for .NET. This involved making modifications to project files (csproj) related to Android Bluetooth implementations and incorporating .NET Framework dependencies. Furthermore, they added new HCI and LMP Version enumeration values.
usbmauiwindows-phonewindows-desktopuno-platform
xamarin/Xamarin.Forms
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Xamarin.Forms Official Home
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 53 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Peter made significant contributions to the Xamarin.Forms project, implementing and enhancing the `MediaElement` control across Android, iOS, UWP, and WPF platforms. They addressed platform-specific renderer issues, added features such as media controls and metadata handling, and fixed sizing issues. Additionally, the user worked on WPF UI elements, including activity indicators and date pickers, implementing font properties and automation properties to improve the user experience.
user-interfacexamarincross-platformxamarin-formsmicrosoft
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