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Cross-platform UI Development with Xamarin.Forms

By : Paul Johnson
Book Image

Cross-platform UI Development with Xamarin.Forms

By: Paul Johnson

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Cross-platform UI Development with Xamarin.Forms
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
In the Beginning…
Index

Chapter 10. This is the World Calling…

An application that sits will just do that. It has no idea about the outside world, no idea about anyone trying to contact them, and moreover, no idea about where it is. In the last chapter, we looked at how to use the address book. In this chapter, we will expand on this, use some of the hardware facilities, and communicate with the outside world via push notifications.

In this chapter, we will:

  • Learn how to implement push notifications

  • Incorporate maps and GPS with your app