Xamarin cross-platform application development : develop production-ready applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin /: develop production-ready applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Develop production-ready applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin
• Further Information: Note: Jonathan Peppers.
• Authors: Peppers, Jonathan
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Setting Up Xamarin; The Xamarin tools; Installing Xcode; Installing Xamarin; Choosing a Xamarin license; Setting up the Android emulator; Enrolling in the iOS Developer Program; Registering as a Google Play developer; Summary; Chapter 2: Hello, Platforms!; Building your first iOS application; Understanding Apple's MVC pattern; Using the iOS designer; Building your first Android application; Android activities; Xamarin's Android designer; Summary. Chapter 3: Code Sharing Between iOS and AndroidLearning the MVVM design pattern; Implementing MVVM in an example; Comparing project organization strategies; Setting up a cross-platform solution; Working with Portable Class Libraries; Using PCLs in Xamarin; Using preprocessor statements; Simplifying dependency injection; Implementing Inversion of Control; Summary; Chapter 4: XamChat-a Cross-platform App; Starting our sample application concept; Developing our Model layer; Writing a mock web service; Writing the ViewModel layer; Implementing our LoginViewModel class. Implementing our RegisterViewModel classImplementing our FriendViewModel class; Implementing our MessageViewModel class; Writing unit tests; Setting up a new project for unit tests; Writing assertions; Summary; Chapter 5: XamChat for iOS; Understanding the basics of an iOS app; Using UINavigationController; Methods in Navigation Controllers; Setting up a Navigation Controller; Implementing the login screen; Creating a LoginController class; Modifying the controller's layout; Registering and subscribing view models and services; Using segues and UITableView; Adding a friends list screen. Adding a list of messagesComposing messages; Summary; Chapter 6: XamChat for Android; Introducing Android Manifest; Setting up the Manifest; Common manifest permissions; Creating and implementing the application class; Adding a login screen; Layouts and ViewGroups in Andorid; Implementing the login functionality; Using ListView and BaseAdapter; Implementing the conversations screen; Setting up the adapter; Implementing the friends list; Composing messages; Summary; Chapter 7: Deploying and Testing on Devices; iOS provisioning; Prerequisites for deploying to iOS. Creating a provisioning profileAndroid device settings; Understanding the linker; Understanding AOT compilation; Avoiding common memory pitfalls; Garbage collector; Memory leaks; Accessing objects disposed by GC; Summary; Chapter 8: Web Services with Push Notifications; Learning Windows Azure; Setting up your Azure account; Exploring Azure Mobile Services; Creating tables and scripts; Adding a backend to XamChat; Adding the Azure Mobile Services NuGet package; Using the Apple Push Notification service; Setting up proper provisioning; Setting up your provisioning profile.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 004.10923469; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- C#; Mobile apps; Application software -- Development; Computer science; Xamarin; COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS -- Computer Science; COMPUTERS -- Data Processing; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory; COMPUTERS -- Reference; Mobile apps; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Mobile Devices; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784399573; 1784399574
• Related ISBNs: 9781784397883; 1784397881
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from cover page (Safari, viewed March 24, 2015).
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