Learning Xamarin studio

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Learning Xamarin studio

By : William Smith

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Learning Xamarin studio

By: William Smith

Overview of this book

Learning Xamarin Studio

Learning Xamarin Studio

Credits

About the Author

About the Author

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

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Preface

Free Chapter

Installing and Setting Up Xamarin Studio

Installing and Setting Up Xamarin Studio

Xamarin Studio pricing plans

Xamarin Studio platform options

Installing development components

Installing Xcode and the iOS SDK

Installing Xamarin Studio

Apple Developer Program

Google Play Developer Program

Setting up simulators and emulators

Improving AVD performance

Setting up test devices

Setting up source control

Additional resources for cross-platform developers

Learning and Customizing the XS Environment

Learning and Customizing the XS Environment

The Xamarin Studio IDE

Creating your first iOS application

Creating your first Android application

The Solution pad

Information pads

Application, File, and Edit menus

View and Search menus

The Project menu

Build and Run menus

The Version Control menu

Tools, Window, and Help menus

Solution Options

Project Options

Environment preferences

Working with Xcode and the Android SDK

Working with Xcode and the Android SDK

Introduction to Xcode

Outlets and Actions

Adding a ViewController to our project

XIB, NIB, DESIGNER, and STORYBOARD files

Xamarin Studio Designer for iOS

Creating a storyboard in Xamarin Studio

Android SDK Manager

Xamarin Studio Designer for Android

Creating a Layout in Xamarin Studio

Plugins, Templates, Libraries, and Files

Plugins, Templates, Libraries, and Files

Installing the Visual Studio plugin

Creating an iPhone application in Visual Studio

Project templates

Working with Xamarin.Forms

Working with Xamarin.Forms

Requirements for using Xamarin.Forms

The Xamarin.Forms project templates

The components of Xamarin.Forms

The XAML design

Application Lifecycle

Application Lifecycle

The iOS application lifecycle

UIViewController lifecycle methods

The Android application lifecycle

The background state

Testing and Debugging

Testing and Debugging

The Xamarin debugger

Creating a unit test project

Testing in an iOS simulator

Testing in an Android emulator

Other testing considerations

Deployment

Deploying iOS applications

Deploying Mac applications

Deploying Android applications

Images and Graphics Tables

Images and Graphics Tables

iOS application icons

iOS 3.5-inch Retina display screenshots

iOS 4-inch Retina display screenshots

iOS iPad screenshots

Mac OS X app screenshots

Android application icons

Android screenshots

Index

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Environment preferences

By this point, you may have already found some aspects of the Xamarin Studio UI that don't fit well with your personal workflow. For example, if you're moving from a Windows development environment into a Mac for the first time (as I did when I began using Xamarin Studio), you may find shortcut key mappings on the Mac to be nothing short of irritating. No worries because these mappings, and many other global features within the IDE, can be customized to your taste using the Preferences dialog, shown in the following screenshot. To begin working on these settings, we need to open the IDE's Preferences dialog. On a Mac, go to Xamarin Studio | Preferences…. On a PC, navigate to Tools | Options….

Environment

Under the Environment project group, the Author Information, Language, Key Bindings, and Fonts panes are self-explanatory. The Tasks pane lets you define custom keywords for various tasks, such as TODO and HACK, throughout your solution. Any code comments that begin...