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Mastering Xamarin UI Development

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Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788995511

Length 584 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Xamarin

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Steven F. Daniel

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

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Contributors

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Setting Up Visual Studio for Mac

2. Building a PhotoLibrary App Using Android FREE CHAPTER

3. Building a SlidingTiles Game Using Xamarin.iOS

4. Creating the TrackMyWalks Native App

5. MVVM and Data Binding

6. Navigating Within the Mvvm Model

7. Adding Location-based Features Within Your App

8. Customizing the User Interface

9. Working with Animations in Xamarin.Forms

10. Working with the Razor Templating Engine

11. Incorporating Microsoft Azure App Services

12. Making Our App Social Using the Twitter API

13. Unit Testing Your Xamarin.Forms Apps

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Index

Summary

In this chapter, wefocused primarily on how to develop a native Android app using Visual Studio for Mac, Xamarin.Android, and C#. You learned how to use and work with the Visual Designer in theVisual Studio for Mac IDEto construct the user interface for your PhotoLibrary app using XMLand implementMaterial Designin your apps, as well as create your own custom themes and then apply theming to your app.

Finally, you learned how to provide the necessary permissions toAndroidManifest.xmlso that we can interact with the device camera and photo album, before launching the app in the Android emulator.In the next chapter, you will learn how to build a tile sliding game usingXamarin.iOSandC#.

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Authors (1)

Steven F. Daniel

Steven F. Daniel

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.

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