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C# Programming Cookbook

By : Dirk Strauss
Book Image

C# Programming Cookbook

By: Dirk Strauss

Overview of this book

During your application development workflow, there is always a moment when you need to get out of a tight spot. Through a recipe-based approach, this book will help you overcome common programming problems and get your applications ready to face the modern world. We start with C# 6, giving you hands-on experience with the new language features. Next, we work through the tasks that you perform on a daily basis such as working with strings, generics, and lots more. Gradually, we move on to more advanced topics such as the concept of object-oriented programming, asynchronous programming, reactive extensions, and code contracts. You will learn responsive high performance programming in C# and how to create applications with Azure. Next, we will review the choices available when choosing a source control solution. At the end of the book, we will show you how to create secure and robust code, and will help you ramp up your skills when using the new version of C# 6 and Visual Studio
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
C# Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating an Android Visual Studio project using Apache Cordova


Creating an Android application using Apache Cordova is extremely easy. This recipe, however, will only show you how to get started.

Getting ready

You will need to have Apache Cordova installed as part of the custom installation options during Visual Studio setup. To see how to do this, refer to the Installing Xamarin and other required components recipe in this chapter.

How to do it…

  1. From the New Project dialog screen, select Apache Cordova Apps and select the Blank App (Apache Cordova) as the template to use. Choose a location for your project and click on the OK button:

  2. Once Visual Studio has created your application, you will notice that it has a very specific structure to it. From the project, you will notice that you can target Android, iOS, Windows, or Windows Phone 8.1. This is the framework you will be using to create your Android application:

  3. When you are ready to debug, you can choose an emulator from the Debug menu. This...