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Write a Native iOS Game Using Xamarin and C# [Video]

By : Steven F. Daniel
Book Image

Write a Native iOS Game Using Xamarin and C# [Video]

By: Steven F. Daniel

Overview of this book

<p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">Xamarin is the most powerful cross-platform mobile development framework for creating stunning cross-platform applications on the iOS and Android mobile platforms. C# is a simple, modern, general-purpose, Object-Oriented Programming language developed by Microsoft within its .NET initiative. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">This video course starts by walking you through an iOS memory-matching game and how to build this using Visual Studio for Mac. Next, you will add game asset images and all the game interface elements. You will then learn how to build the user interface for your iOS Memory Matching game. Here, you will create and add each of the game elements that will make up the visual representation of your game. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">Towards the end of the course, you will implement your game logic to add your game blocks to the view container, and then randomize and shuffle each game block. You will also learn how to implement touch logic to determine when a tile has been tapped on, and then compare the tile with a secondary tile that is tapped. You will then learn how to implement the timer, score, and button actions.</span></p> <h2><span class="sugar_field">Style and Approach</span></h2> <p><span class="sugar_field"><span id="trade_selling_points_c" class="sugar_field">A project-based approach that will solve all your needs when it comes to creating an amazing memory-matching iOS game using Xamarin and C#</span></span></p>
Table of Contents (3 chapters)
Chapter 1
Building the iOS Memory Matching Game
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Section 5
Adding the Game Images to Our Solution
This video will make you understand how to add images to your MatchTheTiles app. - Download free images for our MatchTheTiles app - Add images to our Resources folder contained within the MatchTheTiles iOS solution - Update the LoadGameBoardTiles instance method to load game images from our Resources folder into an array