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Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook

By : Matthew Leibowitz
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Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook

By: Matthew Leibowitz

Overview of this book

Xamarin is used by developers to write native iOS, Android, and Windows apps with native user interfaces and share code across multiple platforms not just on mobile devices, but on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Developing apps with Xamarin.Android allows you to use and re-use your code and your skills on different platforms, making you more productive in any development. Although it’s not a write-once-run-anywhere framework, Xamarin provides native platform integration and optimizations. There is no middleware; Xamarin.Android talks directly to the system, taking your C# and F# code directly to the low levels. This book will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to be part of the mobile development era using C#. Covering a wide range of recipes such as creating a simple application and using device features effectively, it will be your companion to the complete application development cycle. Starting with installing the necessary tools, you will be guided on everything you need to develop an application ready to be deployed. You will learn the best practices for interacting with the device hardware, such as GPS, NFC, and Bluetooth. Furthermore, you will be able to manage multimedia resources such as photos and videos captured with the device camera, and so much more! By the end of this book, you will be able to create Android apps as a result of learning and implementing pro-level practices, techniques, and solutions. This book will ascertain a seamless and successful app building experience.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


Communication is one of the most important aspects of human existence. Everyone communicates with someone else at some point in their lives.

We as humans speak, write, draw, and move to send a message or convey some sort of message to someone else. Babies cry, children speak, and adults write to let someone else know what they are doing or what they want the other person to do.

Communication can be an instruction to do something, or it can be an expression of feelings. Communication can also be a means of sharing data or information.

Mobile apps are very similar to humans when it comes to communication, not because apps inherently want to share, but rather as a result of having a user. Users of the app want to share or communicate, and thus the app is designed to share or communicate.

Not only do users want to share data they have communicated with the rest of the world, such as through social media, they may also want to share data with a specific device. These devices may belong...