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Xamarin Essentials

By : Mark Reynolds
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Xamarin Essentials

By: Mark Reynolds

Overview of this book

<p>Xamarin is a Mono-based suite of products that allows developers to create iOS and Android apps using C# and .NET.</p> <p>This learning guide is your first port of call to quickly learn Xamarin. Starting with the foundations by understanding the architecture behind Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android, you will be guided through creating your first Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android applications. In addition, you will learn how to utilize frameworks such as MvvmCross and Xamarin.Forms to increase the amount of code reuse. To conclude your journey, you will be shown how to develop your own Xamarin apps for distribution.</p> <p>Xamarin Essentials is the guide to use in order to quickly gain practical working knowledge of developing robust commercial mobile apps using C# and sharing large portions of your code base across iOS and Android apps.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Xamarin Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Xamarin Essentials

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First published: December 2014

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