Intro to Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development
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The document provides an introduction to Xamarin, a Microsoft-owned platform for cross-platform mobile app development using C#. It outlines various development tools for iOS, Android, and Windows, comparing options available to developers and highlighting the benefits of Xamarin, such as code sharing across platforms. Additionally, it offers resources for getting started, including guides and tutorials.
Intro to Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development
- 1. Intro to Xamarin* Shahed Chowdhuri Sr. Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft @shahedC WakeUpAndCode.com Cross-Platform Mobile App Development * Now owned by Microsoft
- 2. Your Host & Speaker Shahed Chowdhuri Sr. Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft Technology Areas • Enterprise Web/Software Development • Game Development • Mobile Application Development • Cloud Solutions Online • LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/shahedc • Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/DC-MS-Devs/ • Twitter: http://twitter.com/shahedC • Blog: http://WakeUpAndCode.com
- 3. What is Xamarin? https://www.xamarin.com/products
- 5. Dev Tools from Apple https://developer.apple.com/xcode OS: • Mac OS X IDE: • Xcode Languages: • Objective-C • Swift Mobile Targets: • iOS
- 6. Dev Tools from Google https://developer.android.com/studio OS: • Windows • Mac OS X • Linux IDE: • Android Studio Language: • Java Mobile Targets: • Android
- 7. Dev Tools from Xamarin? https://www.xamarin.com/studio OS: • Windows • Mac OS X IDE: • Xamarin Studio Language: • C# Mobile Targets: • iOS • Android • Windows
- 8. Visual Studio for Mac! https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac OS: • Mac OS X IDE: • VS for Mac Language: • C# Mobile Targets: • iOS • Android
- 9. Visual Studio for Windows https://www.visualstudio.com OS: • Windows IDE: • Visual Studio Language: • C# Mobile Targets: • iOS * • Android • Windows * iOS development on Windows requires accessible Mac OS build host
- 10. Visual Studio 2017 Installation https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/cbtham/2017/04/17/setting-up-your-machine-for-xamarin-visual-studio-2017
- 11. Xamarin Development Environments https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/getting_started/requirements/ VS for Mac! 2017
- 12. Xamarin Live Player on iOS/Android 12https://www.xamarin.com/live
- 13. Why?
- 14. Option A: iOS Only with Apple Tools
- 15. Option B: Android Only with Google Tools
- 16. Option C: iOS + Android with both
- 17. Option D: PhoneGap / Cordova Start with HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript Use PhoneGap/Cordova Deploy to platforms http://phonegap.com | http://cordova.apache.org
- 18. Option E: Xamarin! “Use the same language, APIs and data structures to share an average of 75% of app code across all mobile development platforms. Build user interfaces with Xamarin.Forms and share nearly 100%.”
- 19. C# Language Features: var keyword
- 20. C# Language Features: async + await
- 21. C# Language Features: Generics
- 22. C# Language Features: Lambda syntax
- 23. Demo
- 25. Intro to Mobile Development https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/getting_started/introduction_to_mobile_development/
- 29. https://aka.ms/mva-xamarin100 MVA: Xamarin for Absolute Beginners
- 30. https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8103 MSDN Ch9: Videos from Build
- 31. Q & A
- 32. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @shahedC
Editor's Notes
- #24: Additional Topics
- #32: Additional Topics
- #33: Contact Microsoft email: [email protected] Personal Twitter: @shahedC Dev Blog: WakeUpAndCode.com