This is the code repository for [Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core], published by Packt.

Build cross-platform mobile applications with Xamarin, Visual Studio 2019, and .NET Core 3

.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.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• 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

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The chapters dealing with Azure services would require an Azure subscription to be created. With current subscription model, when an Azure free subscription is created, you can get $200 credit for premium services, 12 months of free usage for certain services and a set of services are free without limitation. .NET Core and Xamarin development chapters would require an IDE such as Visual Studio 2019 and/or Visual Studio for Mac. Both of these applications are available with a freemium model. In other words, the community edition for both applications are available with certain limitations. Visual Studio code can be an open source alternative for these IDEs when dealing with Azure service implementations. If the development environment is setup on a macOS workstation, then Windows VM might be required for certain development and deployment scenarios. While alternatives are listed above, additional options are available for these type of a setup. Both of the alternatives (that is, Parallels and VMWare) have trial versions available. Online SaaS product offers such as Azure DevOps and Visual Studio App centre are also freemium products. Nevertheless, the feature set offered with the free subscription should be enough for the majority of the samples outlined in this book.

All of the code is organizes into two projects. That is Client and Web

The code will look like the following:

namespace FirstXamarinFormsApplication
{
  public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
  {
    public MainPage()
    {
      InitializeComponent();
      BindingContext = new MainPageViewModel();
    }
  }
}

Following is what you need for this book: Copy and paste the Audience section from the EPIC.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-15).

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

• Hands-On Domain-Driven Design with .NET Core [Packt] [Amazon]

• Xamarin.Forms Projects [Packt] [Amazon]

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.

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