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Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

By : George Taskos, Jonathan Peppers, Can Bilgin
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Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

By: George Taskos, Jonathan Peppers, Can Bilgin

Overview of this book

Developing a mobile application for just one platform is becoming a thing of the past. Companies expect their apps to be supported on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone, while leveraging the best native features on all three platforms. The primary goal of this course is to equip you with the knowledge to successfully analyze, develop, and manage Xamarin cross-platform projects using the most efficient, robust, and scalable implementation patterns. Module 1 is a step-by-step guide to building real-world applications for iOS and Android. The module walks you through building a chat application, complete with a backend web service and native features such as GPS location, camera, and push notifications. Additionally, you'll learn how to use external libraries with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. Module 2 provide you recipes on how to create an architecture that will be maintainable, extendable, use Xamarin.Forms plugins to boost productivity. We start with a simple creation of a Xamarin.Forms solution, customize the style and behavior of views for each platform. Further on, we demonstrate the power of architecting a cross-platform solution. Next, you will utilize and access hardware features that vary from platform to platform with cross-platform techniques. In the last and the final Module, you will learn about essential tools to leverage the pattern and advanced implementation strategies. We'll show you the toolset for application lifecycle management to help you prepare the development pipeline to manage and see cross-platform projects through to public or private release. After the completion of this course, you will learn a path that will get you up and running with developing cross-platform mobile applications and help you become the go-to person when it comes to Xamarin. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: ?Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development - Second Edition by Jonathan Peppers ?Xamarin Cross-Platform Development Cookbook by George Taskos ?Mastering Cross-Platform Development with Xamarin by Can Bilgin

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Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this learning path covers
What you need for this learning path
Who this learning path is for
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
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1. Module 1
1. Module 1
1. Setting Up Xamarin
2. Hello, Platforms!
3. Code Sharing between iOS and Android
4. XamChat – a Cross-platform App
5. XamChat for iOS
6. XamChat for Android
7. Deploying and Testing on Devices
8. Web Services with Push Notifications
9. Third-party Libraries
10. Contacts, Camera, and Location
11. Xamarin.Forms
12. App Store Submission
2
2. Module 2
2. Module 2
1. One Ring to Rule Them All
2. Declare Once, Visualize Everywhere
3. Native Platform-Specific Views and Behavior
4. Different Cars, Same Engine
5. Dude, Where's my Data?
6. One for All and All for One
7. Bind to the Data
8. A List to View
9. Gestures and Animations
10. Test Your Applications, You Must
11. Three, Two, One – Launch and Monitor
3
3. Module 3
3. Module 3
1. Developing with Xamarin
2. Memory Management
3. Asynchronous Programming
4. Local Data Management
5. Networking
6. Platform Extras
7. View Elements
8. Xamarin.Forms
9. Reusable UI Patterns
10. ALM – Developers and QA
11. ALM – Project and Release Management
12. ALM – App Stores and Publishing
4
A. Bibliography
A. Bibliography
5
Index
Index

What you need for this learning path

Module 1:

For this module, you will need a Mac computer running at least OS X 10.7 Lion. Apple requires iOS applications to be compiled on a Mac, so Xamarin does as well. You will also need a license of the business edition of Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS. A free 30-day trial is also available. You can also try the free starter edition of Xamarin, but some of the more advanced examples will not work with this module. You can visit http://xamarin.com/download to download the appropriate software.

Module 2:

On Mac:

  • Xamarin Studio 5.10.1 (build 6)
  • The latest iOS SDK (Currently in version 9.2)
  • Xcode 7.1
  • OS X 10.10.5+ (Yosemite) or 10.11 (El Capitan)

On Windows:

  • Any non-Express edition of Visual Studio 2012
  • Visual Studio 2013
  • Visual Studio 2015 (Community, Professional, and Enterprise)
  • Visual Studio Extensions for iOS and Android

All examples will work with the Free Trial evaluation or Xamarin Starter licenses. Xamarin Starter is installed by default with Visual Studio 2015 and works with VS 2012, 2013, and 2015 (including Community editions).

Module 3:

In order to build the sample project and make use of the code samples in this module, you will need a Xamarin.iOS and/or Xamarin.Android subscription, depending on the platform you want to target. Most of the diagnostic tools used are distributed as part of the development SDKs for the target platforms. As a development IDE, you will need Visual Studio 2013 (or higher) or Xamarin Studio if you are using or configuring a Windows based development environment, but only Xamarin Studio otherwise. For testing and diagnostics, real mobile devices or SDK-provided emulators can be used.

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