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Xamarin.Forms Projects

You're reading from   Xamarin.Forms Projects Build multiplatform mobile apps and a game from scratch using C# and Visual Studio 2019

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839210051
Length 504 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Xamarin 2. Building Our First Xamarin.Forms App FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a News App Using Xamarin.Forms Shell 4. A Matchmaking App with a Rich UX Using Animations 5. Building a Photo Gallery App Using CollectionView and CarouselView 6. Building a Location Tracking App Using GPS and Maps 7. Building a Weather App for Multiple Form Factors 8. Setting Up a Backend for a Chat App Using Azure Services 9. Building a Real-Time Chat Application 10. Creating an Augmented Reality Game 11. Hot Dog or Not Hot Dog Using Machine Learning 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Editing the XAML

Now, it's time to add some content to the newly created MainView.xaml file. The icons mentioned here can be found in the same folder that they have been added to (you can check this by looking at the project on GitHub – the GitHub URL can be found at the beginning of this chapter). There is a lot going on here, so make sure to check what you write against the code:

  1. Add the chat.png icon to the Drawable folder that is inside the Resources folder in the Android project.
  2. Add the [email protected] icon to the Resources folder in the iOS project.
  3. Open the MainView.xaml file.
  4. Add a Title property to the ContentPage node. This is the title that will be displayed in the navigation bar of the app.
  5. Add a Grid and define two rows in it. The first one should have a height of "*", while the second one should have a height of "2*". This will partition the space in two rows, of which the first will take up 1/3 of the space and the second will take...
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