Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development, 2nd Edition

Book Description

Develop production-ready applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin

About This Book

• Write native iOS and Android applications with Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android respectively
• Learn strategies that allow you to share code between iOS and Android
• Design user interfaces that can be shared across Android, iOS, and Windows Phone using Xamarin.Forms

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. If you have experience with desktop applications or the Web, this book will give you a head start on cross-platform development.

In Detail

Developing a mobile application for just one platform is becoming a thing of the past. Companies expect their apps to be supported on both iOS and Android, while leveraging the best native features on both. Xamarin’s tools help ease this problem by giving developers a single toolset to target both platforms.

This book is a step-by-step guide to building real-world applications for iOS and Android. The book walks you through building a chat application, complete with a backend web service and native features such as GPS location, camera, and push notifications. Additionally, you’ll learn how to use external libraries with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms to create shared user interfaces and make app-store-ready applications. This second edition has been updated with new screenshots and detailed steps to provide you with a holistic overview of the new features incorporated in Xamarin 3. By the end of the book, you will have gained expertise to build on the concepts learned and effectively develop a market-ready cross-platform application.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Setting Up Xamarin
Chapter 2. Hello, Platforms!
Chapter 3. Code Sharing between iOS and Android
Chapter 4. XamChat – a Cross-platform App
Chapter 5. XamChat for iOS
Chapter 6. XamChat for Android
Chapter 7. Deploying and Testing on Devices
Chapter 8. Web Services with Push Notifications
Chapter 9. Third-party Libraries
Chapter 10. Contacts, Camera, and Location
Chapter 11. Xamarin.Forms
Chapter 12. App Store Submission

中文：

书名：Xamarin Cross-platform Application Development, 2nd Edition

使用Xamarin为iOS和Android开发可生产的应用程序

About This Book

• 分别用Xamarin.iOS和Xamarin.Android编写原生iOS和Android应用
• 了解允许您在iOS和Android之间共享代码的策略
• 使用Xamarin.Forms设计可在Android、iOS和Windows Phone之间共享的用户界面

Who This Book Is For

如果您是一名有C#经验的开发人员，并且刚刚进入移动开发领域，那么这本书就是为您准备的。如果您有桌面应用程序或Web的经验，本书将为您提供跨平台开发的先机。

In Detail

只为一个平台开发移动应用程序正在成为过去。公司希望他们的应用程序在iOS和Android上都得到支持，同时利用这两个系统上最好的原生功能。Xamarin的工具帮助缓解了这一问题，它为开发人员提供了一个工具集，可以同时针对这两个平台。

这本书是为iOS和Android构建真实应用程序的分步指南。本书将带您完成构建聊天应用程序的过程，其中包括后端Web服务和原生功能，如GPS定位、摄像头和推送通知。此外，您还将学习如何在Xamarin和Xamarin中使用外部库。创建共享用户界面和应用商店就绪应用程序的表单。第二版更新了新的屏幕截图和详细的步骤，为您提供了Xamarin 3中包含的新功能的全面概述。在本书结束时，您将获得专业知识，以构建所学的概念，并有效地开发市场就绪的跨平台应用程序。

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Setting Up Xamarin
Chapter 2. Hello, Platforms!
第三章iOS和Android之间的代码共享
Chapter 4. XamChat – a Cross-platform App
Chapter 5. XamChat for iOS
Chapter 6. XamChat for Android
第7章.在设备上部署和测试
第8章.带有推送通知的Web服务
Chapter 9. Third-party Libraries
Chapter 10. Contacts, Camera, and Location
Chapter 11. Xamarin.Forms
Chapter 12. App Store Submission