Xamarin in Action: Creating native cross-platform mobile apps - Softcover

Bennett, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617294381 ISBN 13: 9781617294389

Publisher: Manning, 2018

Synopsis

Summary
Xamarin in Action teaches you to build cross-platform mobile apps using Xamarin and C#. You'll explore all the layers of a Xamarin app, from design to deployment. By the end, you'll be able to build a quality, production-ready Xamarin app on iOS and Android from scratch with a high level of code reuse.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Technology
Rewriting the same app for iOS and Android is tedious, error-prone, and expensive. Microsoft's Xamarin drastically reduces dev time by reusing most application code--typically 70% or more. The core of your iOS and Android app is shared; you write platform-specific code only for the UI layer. And because Xamarin uses C#, your apps benefit from everything this modern language and the .NET ecosystem have to offer.
About the Book
Xamarin in Action teaches you to build cross-platform mobile apps using Xamarin and C#. You'll explore all the layers of a Xamarin app, from design to deployment. Xamarin expert Jim Bennett teaches you design practices that maximize code reuse and isolate device-specific code, making it a snap to incorporate the unique features of each OS.
What's Inside

• Understanding MVVM to maximize code reuse and testability
• Creating cross-platform model and UI logic layers
• Building device-specific UIs
• Unit and automated UI testing
• Preparing apps for publication with user tracking and crash analytics

About the Reader
Readers should have some experience with C#. Mobile development experience is helpful, but not assumed.
About the Author
Jim Bennett is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, specializing in Xamarin mobile apps. He's a frequent speaker at events all around the world, including Xamarin user groups and Xamarin and Microsoft conferences. He regularly blogs about Xamarin development at jimbobbennett.io.
Table of Contents

PART 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH XAMARIN
1. Introducing native cross-platform applications with Xamarin
2. Hello MVVM--creating a simple cross-platform app using MVVM
3. MVVM--the model-view-view model design pattern
4. Hello again, MVVM--understanding and enhancing our simple MVVM app
5. What are we (a)waiting for? An introduction to multithreading for Xamarin apps
PART 2 - BUILDING APPS
6. Designing MVVM cross-platform apps
7. Building cross-platform models
8. Building cross-platform view models
9. Building simple Android views
10. Building more advanced Android views
11. Building simple iOS views
12. Building more advanced iOS views
PART 3 - FROM WORKING CODE TO THE STORE
13. Running mobile apps on physical devices
14. Testing mobile apps using Xamarin UITest
15. Using App Center to build, test, and monitor apps
16. Deploying apps to beta testers and the stores

About this title

About the Author

Jim Bennett is a Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, specializing in Xamarin mobile apps. He's a frequent speaker at events all around the world, including Xamarin user groups and Xamarin and Microsoft conferences. He regularly blogs about Xamarin development at jimbobbennett.io.

Review

"A guide to best practices for building production-quality mobile applications." 
-From the Foreword by James Montemagno, Microsoft

"True to its name, this book helps you get going and doing!"
-Prabhuti Prakash, Atos

"A well-rounded, up-to-date companion for your journey into native cross-platform development." 
-Mario Solomou, Appointai.com

"Your search for the best Xamarin book ends here!" 
-Lokeshwar Reddy Vangala, Micro Focus

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1617294381
• ISBN 13: 9781617294389
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608