Almost all apps visualize collections of data, and in this chapter, we will focus on two of the Xamarin.Forms controls that can be used to display data collections—
CollectionView and CarouselView. Our app will show the photos that users have on their devices; to do that, we need to create a photo importer for each platform—one for iOS and one for Android.
Xamarin.Forms Projects - Second Edition
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Overview of this book
Xamarin.Forms is a lightweight cross-platform development toolkit for building apps with a rich user interface. Improved and updated to cover the latest features of Xamarin.Forms, this second edition covers CollectionView and Shell, along with interesting concepts such as augmented reality (AR) and machine learning.
Starting with an introduction to Xamarin and how it works, this book shares tips for choosing the type of development environment you should strive for when planning cross-platform mobile apps. You’ll build your first Xamarin.Forms app and learn how to use Shell to implement the app architecture. The book gradually increases the level of complexity of the projects, guiding you through creating apps ranging from a location tracker and weather map to an AR game and face recognition. As you advance, the book will take you through modern mobile development frameworks such as SQLite, .NET Core Mono, ARKit, and ARCore. You’ll be able to customize your apps for both Android and iOS platforms to achieve native-like performance and speed. The book is filled with engaging examples, so you can grasp essential concepts by writing code instead of reading through endless theory.
By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to develop your own native apps with Xamarin.Forms and its associated technologies, such as .NET Core, Visual Studio 2019, and C#.
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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
Introduction to Xamarin
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Building Our First Xamarin.Forms App
Building a News App Using Xamarin.Forms Shell
A Matchmaking App with a Rich UX Using Animations
Building a Photo Gallery App Using CollectionView and CarouselView
Building a Location Tracking App Using GPS and Maps
Building a Weather App for Multiple Form Factors
Setting Up a Backend for a Chat App Using Azure Services
Building a Real-Time Chat Application
Creating an Augmented Reality Game
Hot Dog or Not Hot Dog Using Machine Learning
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