Mastering Xamarin. Forms : App Architecture Techniques for Building Multi-Platform, Native Mobile Apps with Xamarin. Forms 4.: App Architecture Techniques for Building Multi-Platform, Native Mobile Apps with Xamarin. Forms 4. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Snider, Ed; Ortinau, David
• Contents: Cover -- Copyright -- Packt Page -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- Introducing the app idea -- Defining features -- Creating the initial app -- Setting up the solution -- Updating the Xamarin. Forms packages -- Creating the main page -- Creating the new entry page -- Creating the entry detail page -- Summary -- Chapter 2: MVVM and Data Binding -- Understanding the MVVM pattern -- Adding MVVM to the app -- Setting up the app structure -- Adding ViewModels -- Adding MainViewModel -- Adding DetailViewModel -- Adding NewEntryViewModel -- Validation Adding a base validation ViewModel -- Adding validation to the New Entry Page -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Navigation -- The Xamarin. Forms navigation API -- Navigation and MVVM -- ViewModel-centric navigation -- Creating a navigation service -- Updating the TripLog app -- Updating BaseViewModel -- Updating MainViewModel -- Updating NewEntryViewModel -- Updating DetailPage -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Platform-Specific Services and Dependency Injection -- Inversion of control and dependency injection in mobile apps -- Xamarin. Forms DependencyService versus third-party alternatives Creating and using platform-specific services -- Creating a location service -- Using the location service on the New Entry Page -- Adding the location service implementation -- Registering dependencies -- Registering the platform-service implementations -- Registering the ViewModels -- Registering the navigation service -- Updating the TripLog app -- Updating the navigation service to handle ViewModel creation and dependency injection -- Summary -- Chapter 5: User Interface -- Custom renderers -- Creating a TableView DatePicker -- Value converters -- Creating a reverse visibility value converter Creating an integer-to-image value converter -- Adding pull-to-refresh -- Accessibility -- Supporting screen readers -- Summary -- Chapter 6: API Data Access -- Creating an API with Azure Functions -- Creating an Azure Functions App -- Creating an Azure Function -- Browsing and adding data -- Creating a base HTTP service -- Creating an API data service -- Updating the TripLog app ViewModels -- Offline data caching -- Adding the Akavache library -- Maintaining an offline data cache -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Authentication -- Adding authentication to Azure Functions Setting up an identity provider -- Creating an authentication service -- Adding a sign-in page -- Adding a sign-out button -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Testing -- Unit testing -- Testing ViewModels -- Running unit tests in Visual Studio -- Summary -- Chapter 9: App Monitoring -- Mobile app analytics -- Crash reporting -- Visual Studio App Center -- Setting up Visual Studio App Center -- Creating an analytics service -- Tracking exceptions and events -- Summary -- Other Books You May Enjoy -- Index
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (201 pages)
• Subjects: 005.3; Application software -- Development; Mobile apps; Cross-platform software development; Application software -- Development; Cross-platform software development; Mobile apps; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839216817; 1839216816
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