In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Now that you have Xamarin Studio set up and working, we'll take a little time to examine the third-party tools you will be using on a regular basis. First, we'll look at iOS development using Xcode with Xamarin Studio, paying particular attention to the Xcode IDE and Objective-C components we need to understand in order to bind our view controllers to our .NET code files. Next, we'll examine the Android SDK and learn about layout design and implementation. Following this, we'll look at the iOS and Android designers that come bundled with Xamarin Studio 5. Finally, you'll create some quick applications to apply what you...