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Xamarin Blueprints

By : Michael Williams
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Xamarin Blueprints

By: Michael Williams

Overview of this book

Do you want to create powerful, efficient, and independent apps from scratch that will leverage the Xamarin framework and code with C#? Well, look no further; you’ve come to the right place! This is a learn-as-you-build practical guide to building eight full-fledged applications using Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin Android, and Xamarin iOS. Each chapter includes a project, takes you through the process of building applications (such as a gallery Application, a text-to-speech service app, a GPS locator app, and a stock market app), and will show you how to deploy the application’s source code to a Google Cloud Source Repository. Other practical projects include a chat and a media-editing app, as well as other examples fit to adorn any developer’s utility belt. In the course of building applications, this book will teach you how to design and prototype professional-grade applications implementing performance and security considerations.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Xamarin Blueprints
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

WinPhone text-to-speech implementation


Now we go back to Windows Phone for the last implementation. See how tricky it can be when you have to switch between multiple platforms. Imagine if we had to change languages and re-write IoC containers; the amount of work would be much greater. Not only that, there would be no point in using IoC, because we cannot share any code.

So firstly, don't forget to import the nuget package for Autofac:

Now that we have access to the Autofac framework, let's continue implementing the text to speech service. Start with adding a new folder called Services, then add the TextToSpeechWinPhone.cs file and implement it:

public class TextToSpeechWinPhone : ITextToSpeech 
        { 
            public async void Speak(string text) 
            { 
                MediaElement mediaElement = new MediaElement (); 
 
                var synth = new Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis. SpeechSynthesizer (); 
 
                SpeechSynthesisStream...