Steven F. Daniel is the CEO and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS, a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria, that focuses primarily on developing games and business applications for the iOS, Android, and Mac OS X platforms.
He is an experienced software engineer with more than 17 years' experience and is extremely passionate about making people employable by helping them use their existing skills in iOS, Android, and Xamarin to get the job done. He is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG), CocoaHeads, and the Java Community. He was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms.
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Dedication
- www.PacktPub.com
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Setting Up Visual Studio for Mac
- Building a PhotoLibrary App Using Android
- Building a SlidingTiles Game Using Xamarin.iOS
- Creating a native iOS app using Visual Studio for Mac
- Creating the SlidingTiles user interface using Storyboards
- Implementing the game logic for our SlidingTiles Game
- Creating and implementing the GameTile Interface class
- Creating and implementing the GameTile class
- Updating the ViewController class to implement our class methods
- Creating and implementing the CreateGameBoard method
- Creating and implementing the ResetGame_Clicked method
- Randomly shuffling our Game Tiles on the Game Board
- Implementing the StartNewGame Instance method
- Handling touch events in the Game Board user interface
- Working with and applying animations to your app
- Launching the SlidingTiles game using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Creating the TrackMyWalks Native App
- Creating the TrackMyWalks project solution
- Creating and implementing our data model
- Creating the WalksMainPage interface using XAML
- Implementing the WalksMainPage code using C#
- Creating the WalkEntryPage interface using XAML
- Implementing the WalkEntryPage code using C#
- Creating the WalkTrailInfoPage interface using XAML
- Implementing the WalkTrailInfoPage code using C#
- Creating the WalkDistancePage interface using XAML
- Implementing the WalkDistancePage code using C#
- Updating the TrackMyWalks.iOS AppDelegate
- Updating the TrackMyWalks.Android MainActivity
- Creating the SplashPage interface using XAML
- Implementing the SplashPage code using C#
- Launching TrackMyWalks using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- MVVM and Data Binding
- Understanding the MVVM architectural pattern
- Creating and implementing the BaseViewModel
- Creating the WalksMainPageViewModel using C#
- Creating the WalkEntryPageViewModel using C#
- Creating the WalkTrailInfoPageViewModel using C#
- Creating the WalkDistancePageViewModel using C#
- Launching the TrackMyWalks app using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Navigating Within the Mvvm Model
- Understanding the Xamarin.Forms Navigation API
- Differences between the Navigation and ViewModel approaches
- Creating and implementing the NavigationService interface
- Creating and implementing the NavigationService class
- Updating the BaseViewModel to use the navigation service
- Updating the WalksMainPageViewModel using C#
- Updating the WalksMainPage code-behind using C#
- Updating the WalkEntryPageViewModel using C#
- Updating the WalkEntryPage code-behind using C#
- Updating the WalkTrailInfoPageViewModel using C#
- Updating the WalkTrailInfoPage code-behind using C#
- Updating the WalkDistancePageViewModel using C#
- Updating the WalkDistancePage code-behind using C#
- Updating the SplashPage code-behind using C#
- Updating the App.xaml class to use the navigation service
- Summary
- Adding Location-based Features Within Your App
- Creating and using platform-specific services within your app
- Creating and implementing the ILocationService interface
- Creating and implementing the LocationService class
- Updating the WalkEntryPageViewModel using C#
- Updating the WalkDistancePageViewModel using C#
- Creating the CustomMapOverlay class using C#
- Updating the WalkDistancePage user interface using XAML
- Updating the WalkDistancePage code-behind using C#
- Creating and implementing the CustomMapRenderer (iOS)
- Creating and implementing the CustomMapRenderer (Android)
- Enabling background location updates and permissions
- Launching the TrackMyWalks app using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Customizing the User Interface
- Customizing the DataTemplate in the WalksMainPage
- Applying padding and margins to XAML layouts
- Creating and implementing Styles in your App
- Creating and using PlatformEffects in your app
- Creating and Implementing the ButtonShadowEffect (iOS)
- Creating and implementing the LabelShadowEffect (iOS)
- Creating and implementing the ButtonShadowEffect (Android)
- Creating and implementing the LabelShadowEffect (Android)
- Implementing the ButtonShadowEffect RoutingEffect class
- Implementing the LabelShadowEffect RoutingEffect class
- Updating the WalksMainPage to use the LabelShadowEffect
- Updating the WalkTrailInfoPage to use the LabelShadowEffect
- Updating the WalkTrailInfoPage to use the ButtonShadowEffect
- Creating and implementing ValueConverters in your app
- Updating the BaseViewModel class to include additional properties
- Updating the WalksMainPageViewModel to use our property
- Updating the WalksMainPage to use our ImageConverter class
- Updating the WalkEntryPage to use our ImageConverter class
- Updating the WalkTrailInfoPage to use our ImageConverter class
- Launching the TrackMyWalks app using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Working with Animations in Xamarin.Forms
- Working with the Razor Templating Engine
- Understanding the Razor templating engine
- Building a BookLibrary app using the Razor templating engine
- Adding the SQLite-net NuGet package to our solution
- Creating and implementing the BookLibraryListing page
- Creating and implementing the BookLibraryAddEdit page
- Updating the Book Library cascading style sheet (CSS)
- Updating the WebViewController class using C#
- Launching the BookLibrary app using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Incorporating Microsoft Azure App Services
- Understanding the Microsoft Azure App services platform
- Setting up and configuring Microsoft Azure App services
- Adding the Newtonsoft.Json NuGet package to our solution
- Updating the WalkDataModel for our TrackMyWalks app
- Creating and implementing the RestWebService interface
- Creating and implementing the RestWebService class
- Updating the BaseViewModel class to include our RestWebService
- Updating the WalksMainPage code-behind using C#
- Updating the WalkEntryPage user interface using XAML
- Launching the TrackMyWalks app using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Making Our App Social Using the Twitter API
- Creating and registering the TrackMyWalks app with the Twitter Developer Portal
- Creating and implementing the TwitterAuthDetails class
- Creating and implementing the TwitterWebService interface
- Creating and implementing the TwitterWebService class
- Creating and implementing the TwitterSignInPageViewModel using C#
- Creating and implementing the user interface for the TwitterSignInPage
- Creating and implementing the TwitterSignInPageRenderer (iOS)
- Updating the WalksMainPage code-behind using C#
- Updating the WalkDistancePage user unterface using XAML
- Registering the TwitterSignInPage within the App.xaml class
- Launching the TrackMyWalks app using the iOS simulator
- Summary
- Unit Testing Your Xamarin.Forms Apps
- Creating the Unit Testing project within the TrackMyWalks solution
- Running unit tests within the Visual Studio for Mac IDE
- Creating a UITest project within the TrackMyWalks solution
- Updating the WalksMainPage code-behind using C#
- Adding the Xamarin.Test Cloud.Agent NuGet package
- Running UITests within the Visual Studio for Mac IDE
- Summary
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