Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook

Book Description

Over 80 hands-on recipes to unleash full potential for Xamarin in development and monetization of feature-packed, real-world Android apps

About This Book

• Create a number of Android applications using the Xamarin Android platform
• Extensively integrate your Android devices with other Android devices to enhance your app creation experience
• A comprehensive guide packed with real-world scenarios and pro-level practices and techniques to help you build successful Android apps

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Xamarin developer who wants to create complete Android applications with Xamarin, then this book is ideal for you. No prior knowledge of Android development is needed, however a basic knowledge of C# and .NET would be useful.

What You Will Learn

• Install and use Xamarin.Android with Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio
• Design an app’s user interface for multiple device configurations
• Store and protect data in databases, files, and on the cloud
• Utilize lists and collections to present data to the user
• Communicate across the network using NFC or Bluetooth
• Perform tasks in the background and update the user with notifications
• Capture and play multimedia, such as video and audio, with the camera
• Implement In-App Billing and Expansion Files and deploy to the store

In Detail

Xamarin is used by developers to write native iOS, Android, and Windows apps with native user interfaces and share code across multiple platforms not just on mobile devices, but on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Developing apps with Xamarin.Android allows you to use and re-use your code and your skills on different platforms, making you more productive in any development. Although it’s not a write-once-run-anywhere framework, Xamarin provides native platform integration and optimizations. There is no middleware; Xamarin.Android talks directly to the system, taking your C# and F# code directly to the low levels.

This book will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to be part of the mobile development era using C#. Covering a wide range of recipes such as creating a simple application and using device features effectively, it will be your companion to the complete application development cycle.

Starting with installing the necessary tools, you will be guided on everything you need to develop an application ready to be deployed. You will learn the best practices for interacting with the device hardware, such as GPS, NFC, and Bluetooth. Furthermore, you will be able to manage multimedia resources such as photos and videos captured with the device camera, and so much more! By the end of this book, you will be able to create Android apps as a result of learning and implementing pro-level practices, techniques, and solutions. This book will ascertain a seamless and successful app building experience.

Style and approach

This book employs a step-by-step approach to Android app creation, explained in a conversational and easy-to-follow style. A wide range of examples are listed to ensure a complete understanding of how to deploy competent apps on the Android market.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Working with Xamarin.Android
Chapter 2: Showing Views and Handling Fragments
Chapter 3: Managing App Data
Chapter 4: Presenting App Data
Chapter 5: Communicating with the Outside World
Chapter 6: Using Background Tasks
Chapter 7: Notifying Users
Chapter 8: Interacting with Other Apps
Chapter 9: Presenting Multimedia
Chapter 10: Responding to the User
Chapter 11: Connecting to Wearables
Chapter 12: Adding In-App Billing
Chapter 13: Publishing Apps

中文：

书名：Xamarin针对Android Cookbook的移动开发

80多个实践食谱，充分释放Xamarin在功能丰富的真实世界Android应用程序的开发和盈利方面的潜力

关于本书

• 使用Xamarin Android平台创建多个Android应用程序
• 将您的Android设备与其他Android设备广泛集成，增强您的应用程序创建体验
• 这是一个全面的指南，其中包含真实世界的场景以及专业级别的实践和技术，帮助您构建成功的Android应用程序

Who This Book Is For

如果你是一个想用Xamarin创建完整的Android应用程序的Xamarin开发人员，那么这本书是你的理想之选。不需要Android开发的先验知识，但是有C#和.NET的基本知识会很有用。

What You Will Learn

• 安装和使用Xamarin.Android和Xamarin Studio和Visual Studio
• 为多种设备配置设计应用程序的用户界面
• Store and protect data in databases, files, and on the cloud
• 利用列表和集合向用户呈现数据
• 使用NFC或蓝牙跨网络通信
• 在后台执行任务并向用户发送通知
• 使用摄像头捕获和播放多媒体，如视频和音频
• Implement In-App Billing and Expansion Files and deploy to the store

详细地说

Xamarin被开发人员用来编写具有本地用户界面的本地iOS、Android和Windows应用程序，并跨多个平台共享代码，不仅是在移动设备上，而且在Windows、Mac OS X和Linux上也是如此。

使用Xamarin开发应用程序。Android允许您在不同的平台上使用和重用您的代码和技能，使您在任何开发中都更有效率。尽管Xamarin不是一个一次编写、随处运行的框架，但它提供了本机平台集成和优化。没有中间件；Xamarin.Android直接与系统对话，将您的C#和F#代码直接带到低层。

本书将为您提供必要的知识和技能，使您成为使用C#进行移动开发时代的一部分。它涵盖了广泛的配方，如创建简单的应用程序和有效使用设备功能，它将是您整个应用程序开发周期的伴侣。

从安装必要的工具开始，您将获得开发准备好部署的应用程序所需的一切指导。您将学习与设备硬件交互的最佳实践，例如GPS、NFC和蓝牙。此外，您还可以管理多媒体资源，如使用设备摄像头捕获的照片和视频等！在本书结束时，您将能够通过学习和实现专业级别的实践、技术和解决方案来创建Android应用程序。这本书将确定一个无缝和成功的应用程序构建经验。

Style and approach

这本书采用了一种循序渐进的方法来创建Android应用程序，并以一种对话和易于理解的风格进行了解释。文中列出了大量的例子，以确保完全理解如何在Android市场上部署有能力的应用程序。

Table of Contents

第1章：使用Xamarin。Android
第2章：显示视图和处理片段
Chapter 3: Managing App Data
Chapter 4: Presenting App Data
第五章：对外交流
第6章：使用后台任务
Chapter 7: Notifying Users
Chapter 8: Interacting with Other Apps
第9章：演示多媒体
第10章：响应用户
第11章：连接到可穿戴设备
第12章：添加应用内计费
Chapter 13: Publishing Apps