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Mobile Development with .NET - Second Edition

By : Can Bilgin
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Mobile Development with .NET - Second Edition

By: Can Bilgin

Overview of this book

Are you a .NET developer who wishes to develop mobile solutions without delving into the complexities of a mobile development platform? If so, this book is a perfect solution to help you build professional mobile apps without leaving the .NET ecosystem. Mobile Development with .NET will show you how to design, architect, and develop robust mobile applications for multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and UWP using Xamarin, .NET Core, and Azure. With the help of real-world scenarios, you'll explore different phases of application development using Xamarin, from environment setup, design, and architecture to publishing. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to develop mobile apps using Xamarin and .NET Standard. You'll even be able to implement a web-based backend composed of microservices with .NET Core using various Azure services including, but not limited to, Azure Active Directory, Azure Functions. As you advance, you'll create data stores using popular database technologies such as Cosmos DB and data models such as the relational model and NoSQL. By the end of this mobile application development book, you'll be able to create cross-platform mobile applications that can be deployed as cloud-based PaaS and SaaS.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Understanding .NET
5
Section 2: Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
9
Section 3: Azure Cloud Services
14
Section 4: Advanced Mobile Development
18
Section 5: Application Life Cycle Management

Summary

In this chapter, we implemented and employed different patterns and technologies to create offline-capable and responsive applications. Throughout this chapter, our main goal was to create an infrastructure that will synchronize and coordinate the data flow between the local and remote storage so that a pleasant user experience can be achieved. Initially, we used the cache-aside pattern and utilized standard HTTP protocol definitions to cache and validate the cached data. We also analyzed technologies such as SQLite, Entity Framework Core, and Akavache. Finally, we briefly looked at the Realm components and how they can be used to manage cross-device and platform data. Overall, there are so many technologies available for developers that have been conceived within the community, and it is important to choose the correct patterns and technology stack for your specific use cases to achieve the best user experience and satisfaction.

In the next chapter, we will take a look...