Mastering cross-platform development with Xamarin : master the skills required to steer cross-platform applications from drawing board to app store(s) using Xamarin / Can Bilgin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bilgin, Can, author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cross-platform software development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Master the skills required to steer cross-platform applications from drawing board to app store(s) using XamarinKey Features[*] Develop your Xamarin development skills with this comprehensive guide on various patterns and features so you can create elegant and high-quality applications[*] Create adaptive user interfaces on separate platforms without compromising the user experience and platform identity[*] Implement application lifecycle management concepts to manage and finalize cross-platform projects and efficiently collaborate with othersBook DescriptionThe main goal of this book is to equip you with the required know-how to successfully analyze, develop, and manage Xamarin cross-platform projects using the most efficient, robust, and scalable implementation patterns. This book starts with general topics such as memory management, asynchronous programming, local storage, and networking, and later moves onto platform-specific features. During this transition, you will learn about key tools to leverage the patterns described, as well as advanced implementation strategies and features. The book also presents User Interface design and implementation concepts on Android and iOS platforms from a Xamarin and cross-platform perspective, with the goal to create a consistent but native UI experience. Finally, we show you the toolset for application lifecycle management to help you prepare the development pipeline to manage and see cross-platform projects through to public or private release.What you will learn[*] Configure your environment for cross-platform projects with Xamarin[*] Gain memory management skills to avoid memory leaks and premature code cycles while decreasing the memory print of your applications[*] Employ asynchronous and parallel patterns to execute non-interactive and non-blocking processes[*] Create and use SQLite databases for offline scenarios[*] Integrate network resources with cross-platform applications[*] Design and implement eye-catching and reusable UI components without compromising nativity in mobile applications[*] Manage the application lifecycle of cross-platform development projects[*] Distribute Xamarin applications through public or private channelsWho this book is forThis book is ideal for those who want to take their entry–level Xamarin mobile development skills to the next level to become the go-to person within their organization. To fully understand the patterns and concepts described, you should possess a reasonable level of knowledge about the core elements of Xamarin and cross-platform application development with it.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Developing with Xamarin; Cross-platform projects with Xamarin; Xamarin as a platform; Xamarin as a product; Target platforms; Xamarin on Android; Xamarin on iOS; Windows Runtime apps; Setting up the development environment; Choosing the right development OS; Xamarin Studio setup and configuration; Visual Studio setup and configuration; Emulator options; Emulators for Android; iOS emulation; A typical Xamarin solution structure; Portable class libraries; Shared projects

Xamarin.FormsNuGet packages; Components; Quality in cross-development; Reusability; Abstraction; Loose-coupling; Nativity; Summary; Chapter 2: Memory Management; Application Component lifecycle; Activity lifecycle (Android); Active/Running; Paused; Backgrounded; Stopped; Restarted; Application lifecycle (iOS); Garbage collection; GC on Xamarin projects; SGen garbage collector; Boehm garbage collector (iOS only); Platform-specific concepts; Object reference types; Automatic Reference Counting (ARC); Troubleshooting and diagnosis; Xamarin Profiler; Allocations instrument; Time Profiler

Device Monitor (Android only)Instruments (iOS only); Monotouch Profiler (iOS only); Patterns and best practices; Disposable objects; The lapsed listener problem; Weak references; Cross-domain objects; Cyclic references (cycles); Summary; Chapter 3: Asynchronous Programming; Multithreading on Xamarin; Single thread model; Task-based Asynchronous Pattern; Concurrency model on iOS; Asynchronous methods; Continuation; Cancellation; Progress; Task batches; Parallel execution; Patterns and best practices; Async pattern conversions; Multi-threading with tasks; Exception handling

Initialization patternSemaphores; Background tasks; Background tasks on iOS; Services (Android only); Summary; Chapter 4: Local Data Management; Data in mobile applications; State; App data; Local files; External data; Application data; Installation directory; Android; iOS; Local storage; Android; iOS; Temporary storage; Local filesystem; SQLite; Patterns and best practices; Application preferences; File picker; Backup/Roaming; Android and Backup API; iOS and ubiquitous storage; Summary; Chapter 5: Networking; Connected apps; Web services; Transport; Messaging; SOAP/XML services

RESTful servicesOData and OAuth; OData; OAuth; SignalR; Patterns and best practices; Async conversions; Data model abstraction; Service cache; Platform-specific concepts; Permissions; NSUrlConnection/NSUrlSession (iOS Only); Background downloads; Push notifications; Cloud integration; Azure Mobile Services; Azure offline data; Azure authentication; Summary; Chapter 6: Platform Extras; Content sharing; File pickers and contracts (Windows Store apps); Document Provider extensions (iOS); ContentProvider and ContentResolver (Android); Peripherals; Bluetooth; Wi-Fi Direct; Near Field Communication

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2016).

ISBN:

9781782175087

1782175083

OCLC:

1491308900