Developing cross-platform apps with C# using Xamarin

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C# is one of the most popular development languages in the world but we write the majority of mobile apps in Java, Swift or Objective-C. While it was originally possible to build .NET apps running on Windows-based devices only, the game has changed. Dramatically.

Using Xamarin, we can now write apps, which run on Android and iOS devices natively using C#. This way, C# allows us to target billions of extra devices using the language we all love. The experiences, which users get from Xamarin-base apps, are fully native: the apps aren't web-based, trimmed-down versions of the apps. Instead, they offer the full functionality of the platform they target.

The impact in terms of re-using code is huge. We can build architecture with this cross-platform functionality in mind and construct it so that a lot (or maybe we should say: most) of our code can be re-used in Windows Phone, iOS and Android apps.

In this course, you'll learn about the Xamarin environment. You'll learn about cross-platform development, Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS. All this becomes possible using the knowledge you already have: C#!

Please note: Due to the nature of the delegate labs on this course it can only run on Apple Macs. The course cannot be delivered on Windows based machines.

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C# Review (13 topics)

  • Value and Reference Types under the hood
  • Classes, Encapsulation and Properties
  • SOLID
  • Inheritance and Polymorphism
  • Interfaces and Decoupling
  • Dependency Injection
  • Inversion of Control
  • Generics
  • Delegates
  • Anonymous Delegates and Lambdas
  • Tasks and async
  • Useful Design Patterns
  • Labs

Xamarin Introduction (8 topics)

  • What is Xamarin
  • Bit of History
  • Benefits and Disadvantages of using Xamarin
  • Mobile Development Challenges
  • Where does it fit in?
  • How does it work?
  • What you need to get started
  • Getting started with Xamarin Studio

Getting Started with Xamarin.android (12 topics)

  • android Projects
  • API Versions
  • Resources and Images
  • Layouts
  • App Architecture
  • Creating Activities
  • Accessing Views
  • Working with Intents
  • Launching Activities
  • Passing data between activities
  • Working with an activities lifecycle
  • Labs

Designing your android UI with Layouts (13 topics)

  • Creating the UI with the Designer
  • Designing Layouts and working with
  • Linear
  • Relative
  • Table
  • Grid layouts
  • Working with some of the built in views including
  • Date and time picker
  • Standard Views
  • Spinner
  • CardView
  • ScrollView
  • Labs

Lists, Tabs and Fragments in android (10 topics)

  • ListViews and ListAdapters
  • Custom ListAdapters
  • Built in and Custom Row Layouts
  • Working with Fragments
  • Using fragments declaratively and programmatically
  • The FragmentManager
  • Fragment Lifecycle
  • State Management
  • Tabs and the Action Bar
  • Labs

Additional android Issues (5 topics)

  • Activity Lifecycle
  • State Management
  • Rotation and managing alternate layouts
  • Drawables and resolution
  • Labs

Cross Platform Code Sharing (13 topics)

  • Why Code Share
  • Code sharing Options
  • Shared Projects
  • Portable Class Libraries
  • Ramping up code reuse across platforms
  • Cross Platform Data Access
  • Abstracting device specificity
  • Dependency Injection
  • Inversion of Control Containers
  • MVVM Pattern
  • MVVM Light
  • MVVMCross
  • Labs

Getting Started With iOS Development in Xamarin (11 topics)

  • iOS Development in Xamarin
  • Solutions, Projects and Files
  • Intro to Storyboards, Scenes and Segues
  • MVC and View Controllers
  • Linking Scenes to View Controllers
  • Working with Multiple View Controllers
  • Modal Display
  • Navigation Controllers
  • Transferring Data between Scenes
  • Loading Storyboards from Code
  • Labs

Designing an iOS Layout (8 topics)

  • Xamarin iOS Designer Intro
  • Designing a View
  • Using Auto Layout
  • Working with Constraints
  • Understanding and Exploiting Size Classes
  • iOS UI Controls
  • Unwind Segues
  • Labs

Working with Table Views (11 topics)

  • Table Views
  • Types of Table View
  • Building a Table View
  • Static Table Views
  • Dynamic Table Views
  • Table View Controllers
  • Table View Cells
  • Headers and Footers
  • Editing Cells
  • Collection Views
  • Labs

Controlling iOS Navigation and Storage (9 topics)

  • Manual Storyboards
  • Navigation Controllers
  • Tab Bar Controllers
  • Modal View Controllers
  • Split View Controllers
  • Settings and plists
  • Working with files
  • User Defaults Database
  • Labs

App Deployment for android and iOS (4 topics)

  • Preparing and app for deployment
  • Configuration
  • Building
  • Deploying to the app store

Xamarin.Forms (12 topics)

  • What are Xamarin Forms
  • Getting started with...
  • How it works
  • Basic elements
  • Pages
  • Layouts
  • Sizing and Positioning
  • Views
  • Hooking up to Code
  • Alerts
  • Navigation
  • Labs

Forms, ListViews and Data Binding with Xamarin.Forms (8 topics)

  • Data Binding Overview
  • Page Binding
  • Change Notification
  • Field Binding
  • Field to Field Binding
  • Displaying Lists with the ListView
  • Making life easier with Resources and Styles
  • Labs

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