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Azure and Xamarin Forms

Author : Russell Fustino

Publisher : Apress

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 41,59 MB

Release : 2018-06-16

Category : Computers

ISBN : 9781484235607

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Discover how to create cross platform apps for Android, iOS and UWP using Azure services and C# with Xamarin Forms. This book illustrates how to utilize Azure cloud storage for serving up Azure SQL DB data through Azure App Services. The book starts by setting up Xamarin and introducing Xamarin Forms and then covers the Azure Portal from a developer’s perspective and goes on to demonstrate how to build an Azure Service using Quickstart. You'll also see how to add Azure support to Xamarin Forms application. You'll review in detail how to build a Xamarin Form with Azure Client and modify an existing app to become a Xamarin Forms Client for Azure with offline synchronization. You then move on to third-party controls that speed up development. By the end of the book, you will be able to use Azure and Xamarin together and master how to use Azure Mobile Quickstarts, Azure SQL plumbing, database synchronization and Xamarin Forms. What You'll Learn Create a Xamarin Forms App and understand the Structure of a Xamarin Forms App. Navigate pages and use platform specific coding. Use images, ListView and the Azure Mobile App Quickstart to build a Service and Xamarin Forms app Modify an existing app to use Azure Client Libraries, understand offline storage with SQLite and incorporate offline synchronization Who This Book Is For Software developers new to Xamarin and/or Azure and for the developers who are familiar with both the technologies to use in mobile apps.



Mastering Xamarin UI Development

Author : Steven F. Daniel

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 577 pages

File Size : 22,93 MB

Release : 2018-08-31

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1788998529

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Learn how to build stunning, maintainable, cross-platform mobile application user interfaces using C# 7 with the power of both the Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms frameworks. Key Features Build effective native and cross-platform user interfaces using the Xamarin frameworks for iOS and Android, as well as Xamarin.Forms. Maximize the testability, flexibility, and overall quality of your Xamarin mobile apps. Step-by-Steps guide that is packed with real-world scenarios and solutions, to build professional grade mobile apps and games for the iOS and Android platforms, using C# 7. Book Description This book will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills that are required to develop real-world Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms applications. You’ll learn how to create native Android app that will interact with the device camera and photo gallery, and then create a native iOS sliding tiles game. You will learn how to implement complex UI layouts and creating customizable control elements based on the platform, using XAML and C# 7 code to interact with control elements within your XAML ContentPages. You’ll learn how to add location-based features by to your apps by creating a LocationService class and using the Xam.Plugin.Geolocator cross-platform library, that will be used to obtain the current device location. Next, you’ll learn how to work with and implement animations and visual effects within your UI using the PlatformEffects API, using C# code. At the end of this book, you’ll learn how to integrate Microsoft Azure App Services and use the Twitter APIs within your app. You will work with the Razor Templating Engine to build a book library HTML5 solution that will use a SQLite.net library to store, update, retrieve, and delete information within a local SQLite database. Finally, you will learn how to write unit tests using the NUnit and UITest frameworks. What you will learn Build native and cross-platform apps for both iOS and Android using the Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms platform using C# 7. Implement and customize different user-interface layouts and Animations within your application and use the PlatFormEffects API to change appearance of control elements. Understand the MVVM architectural pattern and how to implement this with your apps. Build a NavigationService class to enable. navigation between your ViewModels as well as Implementing Data-Binding to control elements within your XAML pages and ViewModels. Work with the Razor Templating Engine to create Models and Razor Pages that communicate with an SQLite database. Build a LocationService class to incorporate location-based features within your cross-platform apps to display the user’s current location by creating a custom cross-platform map control and handle location tracking updates. Work with the Microsoft Azure App Services Platform and Implement Social networking features within your app using the Twitter API. Unit Testing your Xamarin.Forms apps using the NUnit and UITest Frameworks Who this book is for This book is intended for readers who have experience using at least the C# 6.0 programming language and interested in learning how to create stunning native, and cross-platform user interfaces for the iOS and Android platforms using the Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms frameworks using C# 7.



Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms Preview Edition 2

Author : Charles Petzold

Publisher : Microsoft Press

Page : 1103 pages

File Size : 25,24 MB

Release : 2015-04-11

Category : Computers

ISBN : 073569737X

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Book Description

This second Preview Edition ebook, now with 16 chapters, is about writing applications for Xamarin.Forms, the new mobile development platform for iOS, Android, and Windows phones unveiled by Xamarin in May 2014. Xamarin.Forms lets you write shared user-interface code in C# and XAML that maps to native controls on these three platforms.



Mobile Development with .NET

Author : Can Bilgin

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 572 pages

File Size : 25,57 MB

Release : 2021-04-09

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1800206984

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A mobile applications development masterclass for .NET and C# developers Key FeaturesUncover the new features and capabilities of the .NET 5 framework in this updated and improved second editionOptimize the time required to develop highly performant cross-platform applicationsUnderstand the architectural patterns and best practices for mobile application developmentBook Description 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. What you will learnDiscover the latest features of .NET 5 that can be used in mobile application developmentExplore Xamarin.Forms Shell for building cross-platform mobile UIsUnderstand the technical design requirements of a consumer mobile appGet to grips with advanced mobile development concepts such as app data management, push notifications, and graph APIsManage app data with Entity Framework CoreUse Microsoft’s Project Rome for creating cross-device experiences with XamarinBecome well-versed with implementing machine learning in your mobile appsWho this book is for This book is for ASP.NET Core developers who want to get started with mobile development using Xamarin and other Microsoft technologies. Working knowledge of C# programming is necessary to get started.



Mastering Microsoft Xamarin

Author : Cybellium Ltd

Publisher : Cybellium Ltd

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 24,31 MB

Release :

Category : Computers

ISBN :

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Unlock the Full Potential of Cross-Platform App Development with "Mastering Microsoft Xamarin" In the rapidly evolving world of mobile app development, creating seamless and efficient cross-platform applications has become essential. Microsoft Xamarin, a powerful framework, offers developers the tools to build robust and native-like apps for iOS, Android, and Windows. "Mastering Microsoft Xamarin" is your comprehensive guide to becoming a proficient cross-platform app developer, providing you with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to create high-performance apps that reach a broad audience. Your Path to Xamarin Excellence Xamarin isn't just a tool; it's a platform that empowers developers to build versatile and feature-rich applications. Whether you're new to Xamarin or an experienced developer looking to expand your skills, this book will empower you to master the art of cross-platform app development. What You Will Discover Xamarin Fundamentals: Gain a deep understanding of the Xamarin platform, including Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Native, and their respective strengths. Cross-Platform Development: Dive into cross-platform app development, allowing you to share code and resources across multiple platforms. User Interface Design: Learn to create stunning and responsive user interfaces using XAML and Xamarin.Forms controls. Native Integration: Explore native integration, allowing you to leverage device-specific features and APIs in your apps. Data Management: Master data storage, retrieval, and synchronization in cross-platform applications. Testing and Debugging: Discover strategies for testing and debugging your Xamarin apps to ensure reliability and performance. Deployment and Distribution: Learn how to package and distribute your apps to various app stores and platforms. Why "Mastering Microsoft Xamarin" Is Essential Comprehensive Coverage: This book provides comprehensive coverage of Xamarin development, ensuring you have a well-rounded understanding of the framework and its capabilities. Expert Guidance: Benefit from insights and advice from experienced Xamarin developers and industry experts who share their knowledge and best practices. Career Advancement: Cross-platform app development skills are in high demand, and this book will help you unlock your full potential in this dynamic field. Stay Competitive: In a mobile-centric world, mastering Xamarin is vital for staying competitive and reaching a wider audience with your apps. Your Gateway to Xamarin Mastery "Mastering Microsoft Xamarin" is your passport to excellence in cross-platform app development. Whether you aspire to be a mobile app developer, enhance your current app development skills, or expand your reach to multiple platforms, this guide will equip you with the skills and knowledge to achieve your goals. Don't miss the opportunity to become a proficient Xamarin developer. Start your journey to Xamarin excellence today and join the ranks of developers who are shaping the future of cross-platform app development. "Mastering Microsoft Xamarin" is the ultimate resource for individuals seeking to excel in the world of cross-platform app development. Whether you are new to Xamarin or looking to enhance your skills, this book will provide you with the knowledge and strategies to become a proficient cross-platform app developer. Don't wait; begin your journey to Xamarin mastery today! © 2023 Cybellium Ltd. All rights reserved. www.cybellium.com



Xamarin 4.x Cross-Platform Application Development

Author : Jonathan Peppers

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 16,21 MB

Release : 2016-12-26

Category : Computers

ISBN : 178646991X

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Develop powerful cross-platform applications with Xamarin About This Book Write native cross-platform applications with Xamarin Design user interfaces that can be shared across Android, iOS, and Windows Phone using Xamarin.Forms Practical cross-platform development strategies Who This Book Is For If you are a developer with experience in C# and are just getting into mobile development, this is the book for you. This book will give you a head start with cross-platform development and will be the most useful to developers who have experience with desktop applications or the web. What You Will Learn Apple's MVC design pattern The Android activity lifecycle Share C# code across platforms and call native Objective-C or Java libraries from C# Create a real web service back end in Windows Azure using SQL Azure as database storage Set up third-party libraries such as NuGet and Objective Sharpie in many different ways, and port a desktop .NET library to Xamarin Use Xamarin.Mobile for camera, contacts, and location In Detail Xamarin is a leading cross-platform application development tool used by top companies such as Coca-Cola, Honeywell, and Alaska Airlines to build apps. Version 4 features significant updates to the platform including the release of Xamarin.Forms 2.0 and improvements have been made to the iOS and Android designers. Xamarin was acquired by Microsoft so it is now a part of the Visual Studio family. This book will show you how to build applications for iOS, Android, and Windows. You will be walked through the process of creating an application that comes complete with a back-end web service and native features such as GPS location, camera, push notifications, and other core features. Additionally, you'll learn how to use external libraries with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms to create user interfaces. This book also provides instructions for Visual Studio and Windows. This edition has been updated with new screenshots and detailed steps to provide you with a holistic overview of the new features in Xamarin 4. Style and approach This book offers a tutorial style approach to teach you the skills required to develop end-to-end cross-platform solutions with Xamarin.



Building Xamarin.Forms Mobile Apps Using XAML

Author : Dan Hermes

Publisher : Apress

Page : 445 pages

File Size : 28,97 MB

Release : 2019-02-12

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1484240308

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Leverage Xamarin.Forms to build iOS and Android apps using a single, cross-platform approach. This book is the XAML companion to the C# guide Xamarin Mobile Application Development. You'll begin with an overview of Xamarin.Forms, then move on to an in-depth XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language) primer covering syntax, namespaces, markup extensions, constructors, and the XAML standard. XAML gives us both the power of decoupled UI development and the direct use of Xamarin.Forms elements. This book explores the core of the Xamarin.Forms mobile app UI: using layouts and FlexLayouts to position controls and views to design and build screens, formatting your UI using resource dictionaries, styles, themes and CSS, then coding user interactions with behaviors, commands, and triggers. You'll see how to use XAML to build sophisticated, robust cross-platform mobile apps and help your user get around your app using Xamarin.Forms navigation patterns. Building Xamarin.Forms Mobile Apps Using XAML explains how to bind UI to data models using data binding and using the MVVM pattern, and how to customize UI elements for each platform using industry-standard menus, effects, custom renderers, and native view declaration. What You Will Learn Create world-class mobile apps for iOS and Android using C# and XAMLBuild a XAML UI decoupled from the C# code behind Design UI layouts such as FrameLayout, controls, lists, and navigation patterns Style your app using resource dictionaries, styles, themes, and CSS Customize controls to have platform-specific features using effects, custom renderers, and native views Who This Book Is For XAML and C# developers, architects, and technical managers as well as many Android and iOS developers



Cross-platform UI Development with Xamarin.Forms

Author : Paul F. Johnson

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 19,9 MB

Release : 2015-08-26

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1784394378

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Create a fully operating application and deploy it to major mobile platforms using Xamarin.Forms About This Book Create standard user interfaces on Windows Mobile, Android, and iOS and then make those interfaces look good with ease Design a full-blown application in very little time with just about the entire code being shared Learn how to access platform-specific features and still have the same core code with this handy guide Who This Book Is For This book is intended for mobile software developers who are fed up with having three different code sets for the same application. If you want to put your code on all mobile platforms with minimum fuss, and just want to develop but haven't got the time to be digging too far into a particular platform, this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of C# is assumed. What You Will Learn Create a responsive UI, modified to suit the target platform Understand the basics of designing an application, and the considerations needed for target platforms Construct a complete app using a single codebase Develop attractive user interfaces Bind information to the code behind to generate a reactive application Design an effective portable class library (PCL) Include a Windows Mobile application within your standard Xamarin.Forms application Extend your applications using the Xamarin.Forms Labs library In Detail Xamarin is an IDE used for the development of native iOS, Android, and Windows, and cross-platform mobile applications in C#. For the mobile developer, that means learning three different languages to create the same application. Even if you use the Xamarin toolchain, you still need to work with three different user interface construction sets. Xamarin is essentially a container in which developers can write any application in C# and use the Xamarin compiler to package and deploy on Android, iOS, or Windows platforms. To top this, Xamarin.Forms plays the role of a single codebase for mobile applications. This book will show you, with fully-coded examples, how to use both the Xamarin toolchain and the Xamarin.Forms library to code once for the three platforms. It goes from the concept and design of a mobile messenger application to its execution. You will be introduced to Messenger—the messaging app—which includes key features such as push notifications, UI, maps, databases, and web services. Next, you will learn to plan the UI using Xamarin.Forms for cross-mobile platform development, and move on to creating custom buttons, extending the UI, and connecting to social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. You will also learn about the limitations of PCL libraries and how they make coding easier. This will be followed by the creation of a SQLite database and a database manager, and the SQLite database's reflection within the database manager. You will then be taken through the use of hardware features with ample coverage of iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile. Finally, the book will conclude by introducing common strategies that allow you to create applications that “just work” without having to reinvent the wheel each time. Style and approach A fun and informal approach to creating a mobile application using the most up-to-date cross-platform approach. Each coding chapter includes fully working code examples available for download from the Packt Publishing website.



Azure and Xamarin Forms

Author : Russell Fustino

Publisher : Apress

Page : 271 pages

File Size : 14,18 MB

Release : 2018-06-15

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1484235614

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Discover how to create cross platform apps for Android, iOS and UWP using Azure services and C# with Xamarin Forms. This book illustrates how to utilize Azure cloud storage for serving up Azure SQL DB data through Azure App Services. The book starts by setting up Xamarin and introducing Xamarin Forms and then covers the Azure Portal from a developer’s perspective and goes on to demonstrate how to build an Azure Service using Quickstart. You'll also see how to add Azure support to Xamarin Forms application. You'll review in detail how to build a Xamarin Form with Azure Client and modify an existing app to become a Xamarin Forms Client for Azure with offline synchronization. You then move on to third-party controls that speed up development. By the end of the book, you will be able to use Azure and Xamarin together and master how to use Azure Mobile Quickstarts, Azure SQL plumbing, database synchronization and Xamarin Forms. What You'll Learn Create a Xamarin Forms App and understand the Structure of a Xamarin Forms App. Navigate pages and use platform specific coding. Use images, ListView and the Azure Mobile App Quickstart to build a Service and Xamarin Forms app Modify an existing app to use Azure Client Libraries, understand offline storage with SQLite and incorporate offline synchronization Who This Book Is For Software developers new to Xamarin and/or Azure and for the developers who are familiar with both the technologies to use in mobile apps.



Building Web Services with Microsoft Azure

Author : Alex Belotserkovskiy

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 35,81 MB

Release : 2015-05-27

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1784395692

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Book Description

If you are a .NET developer who wants to develop end-to-end RESTful applications in the cloud, then this book is for you. A working knowledge of C# will help you get the most out of this book.