This chapter is about learning how to build C# mobile by building a cross-platform mobile app for iOS and Android. The mobile app will allow the listing and management of customers in the Northwind database.
The mobile app will call a web service built with the ASP.NET Core Web API. The server-side code will be written with Visual Studio Code and the client-side Xamarin.Forms mobile app will be written with Visual Studio for Mac.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
Understanding Xamarin.Forms
Building services using ASP.NET Core Web API and Visual Studio Code
Building mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms and Visual Studio for Mac