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Learning Xamarin studio

By : William Smith
Book Image

Learning Xamarin studio

By: William Smith

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning Xamarin Studio
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Project templates


Xamarin Studio comes bundled with a number of project templates. In this section, we'll examine the most commonly used template options provided for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Mac. There are several advanced project templates that won't be covered in this text. In addition, there are several commonly used project templates for mobile apps, but these will be discussed in detail in Chapter 5, Working with Xamarin.Forms.

iOS project templates

Xamarin Studio provides several iOS project templates for you to choose from. These templates are organized into groups by platforms, namely iPhone, iPad, and Universal. Any project template that you can create in Visual Studio is the same as its counterpart in Xamarin Studio. As previously mentioned, you cannot add XIBs to your projects in Visual Studio so your template options are slightly limited while using the plugin. You can still build views and view controllers programmatically, plus you can add storyboards, but if...