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Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development
by Piotr J. Kula
Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development
Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development
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Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Xamarin Setup
The Xamarin tools
Installing Xcode
Installing Xamarin
Setting up the Android emulator
Enrolling in the iOS Developer Program
Registering as a Google Play developer
Summary
2. Hello Platforms!
Building your first iOS application
Understanding Apple's MVC pattern
Using Xcode and storyboards
Building your first Android application
Android activities
Xamarin's Android designer
Summary
3. Code Sharing Between iOS and Android
Learning the MVVM design pattern
Comparing project organization strategies
Working with portable class libraries
Using preprocessor statements
Simplifying dependency injection
Implementing Inversion of Control
Summary
4. XamChat – a Cross-platform App
Describing our sample application concept
Developing our model layer
Writing a mock web service
Writing the ViewModel layer
Implementing our LoginViewModel class
Implementing our RegisterViewModel class
Implementing our FriendViewModel class
Implementing our MessageViewModel class
Writing unit tests
Setting up a new project for unit tests
Writing assertions
Summary
5. XamChat for iOS
Understanding the basics of an iOS app
Using UINavigationController
Implementing the login screen
Using segues and UITableView
Adding a friends list screen
Adding a list of messages
Composing messages
Summary
6. XamChat for Android
Introducing Android Manifest
Adding a login screen
Using ListView and BaseAdapter
Implementing the friends list
Composing messages
Summary
7. Deploying and Testing on Devices
iOS provisioning
Android device settings
Understanding the linker
Understanding AOT compilation
Avoiding common memory pitfalls
Summary
8. Web Services with Push Notifications
Learning Windows Azure
Setting up your Azure account
Exploring Azure Mobile Services
Creating tables and scripts
Adding a backend to XamChat
Updating the data types for Azure Mobile Services
Adding the Xamarin component
Using the Apple Push Notification service
Setting up proper provisioning
Setting up your provisioning profile
Setting up a certificate signing request
Making client-side changes for push notifications
Implementing Google Cloud Messaging
Summary
9. Third-party Libraries
The Xamarin Component Store
Porting existing C# libraries
Objective-C bindings
Java bindings
Summary
10. Contacts, Camera, and Location
Introducing Xamarin.Mobile
Accessing contacts
Retrieving contacts on Android
Looking up GPS location
Implementing GPS location on Android
Accessing the photo library and camera
Accessing photos on Android
Summary
11. App Store Submission
Following the iOS App Store Review Guidelines
Submitting an app to the iOS App Store
Creating a distribution provisioning profile
Adding your app to iTunes Connect
Making an iOS binary for the App Store
Signing your Android applications
Submitting the app to Google Play
Google Play Developer Program Policies
Tips for a successful mobile app
Summary
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