Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

Develop native applications for multiple mobile and desktop platforms including but not limited to iOS, Android, and UWP with the Xamarin framework and Xamarin.Forms

Key Features

• Understand .NET Core and its cross-platform development philosophy
• Build Android, iOS, and Windows mobile applications with C#, .NET Core, and Azure Cloud Services
• Bring Artificial Intelligence capabilities into your mobile applications with Azure AI

Book Description

.NET Core is the general umbrella term used for Microsoft's cross-platform toolset. Xamarin used for developing mobile applications, is one of the app model implementations for .NET Core infrastructure.

In this book, you will learn how to design, architect, and develop highly attractive, maintainable, efficient, and robust mobile applications for multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and UWP, with the toolset provided by Microsoft using Xamarin, .NET Core, and Azure Cloud Services. This book will take you through various phases of application development with Xamarin, from environment setup, design, and architecture to publishing, using real-world scenarios. Throughout the book, you will learn how to develop mobile apps using Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms and .NET Standard; implement a webbased backend composed of microservices with .NET Core using various Azure services including but not limited to Azure App Services, Azure Active Directory, Notification Hub, Logic Apps, and Azure Functions, Cognitive Services; create data stores using popular database technologies such as Cosmos DB, SQL and Realm.

Towards the end, the book will help developers to set up an efficient and maintainable development pipeline to manage the application life cycle using Visual Studio App Center and Visual Studio Services.

What you will learn

• Implement native applications for multiple mobile and desktop platforms
• Understand and use various Azure Services with .NET Core
• Make use of architectural patterns designed for mobile and web applications
• Understand the basic Cosmos DB concepts
• Understand how different app models can be used to create an app service
• Explore the Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms UI suite with .NET Core for building mobile applications

Who this book is for

This book is for mobile developers who wish to develop cross-platform mobile applications. Programming experience with C# is required. Some knowledge and understanding of core elements and cross-platform application development with .NET is required.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with .NET Core
2. Xamarin, Mono and .NET Standard
3. Universal Windows Platform
4. Developing Mobile Applications with Xamarin
5. UI Development with Xamarin
6. Customizing Xamarin.Forms
7. Azure Services for Mobile Applications
8. Creating a Datastore with Cosmos DB
9. Creating Microservices Azure App Services
10. Using .NET Core for Azure Serverless
11. Fluid Applications with Asynchronous Patterns
12. Managing Application Data
13. Engaging Users with Notifications and the Graph API
14. Introducing Cognitive Services
15. Azure DevOps and Visual Studio App Center
16. Application Telemetry with Application Insights
17. Automated Testing
18. Deploying Azure Modules
19. CI/CD with Azure DevOps

Can Bilgin currently works with Authority Partners Inc. as a Solution Architect. He has been working in the software industry, primarily with Microsoft technologies, for over a decade and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his technical contributions between 2014 and 2018. In this period, he took key roles in projects for high profile clients using technologies such as BizTalk, SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, Xamarin, WCF, Azure Serverless and other web/cloud technologies. He is passionate about mobile and IoT development using the modern tools available for developers. He shares his experience on his blog, social media and through speaking engagements in local and international community events.