SydMobNet July 2014: Xamarin 3 & Xamarin Forms
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The document summarizes a meetup event for the Sydney Mobile .Net Developers group focused on Xamarin 3. It includes an agenda with introductions, news on Xamarin and new Lumia devices, presentations on intro to Xamarin 3 features by Alec Tucker and on Xamarin.Forms by Filip Ekberg, as well as time for food, raffle prizes, and networking at a nearby pub. Key new aspects of Xamarin 3 highlighted include the Xamarin Designer for iOS and Android, improvements to code sharing between platforms, and the Xamarin.Forms framework.
SydMobNet July 2014: Xamarin 3 & Xamarin Forms
- 1. Sydney Mobile .Net Developers (#SydMobNet) Xamarin 3 Birthday Bash! Intro to Xamarin and New Features in Xamarin 3 – Alec Tucker Xamarin Forms – Filip Ekberg Alec Tucker Head of Mobile Product Development, APAC White Clarke Group
- 2. Agenda • Introductions • News • Intro to Xamarin and New Features in Xamarin 3 – Alec Tucker • Xamarin.Forms – Filip Ekberg • Pizza & Cake here • Adjourn to the Rag & Famish down the road
- 3. …interspersed with food and raffles for… • Xamarin • Monkey • C# Shirt • Nokia Memorabillia • Umbrella • Pluralsight • 2 x 1 month subscription • Mindscape • $50 vouchers
- 4. Leaders in Finance Technology Atlanta, London, Munich, Shanghai, Sydney, Toronto, Venice
- 5. Largest Mobile Developer Conference of the Year! www.xamarin.com/evolve
- 8. News • Xamarin Hack Day – Was a great success! Watch for videos on www.xamarinhackday.com • New Lumia Launched – Is it a Nokia? Is it a Microsoft device? It’s a Lumia!
- 9. @alecdtucker blog.alectucker.com Intro to Xamarin and New Features in Xamarin 3 Alec Tucker Head of Mobile Product Development, APAC White Clarke Group
- 10. C# on 2.6 billion devices
- 12. Automatically test your app on hundreds of mobile devices Create native iOS, Android, Mac and Windows apps in C#
- 20. Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java can be done in C# with Xamarin
- 21. C# runs on 2.6 Billion Devices
- 22. How Xamarin Works C# + .NET Runtime Native UI Native Performance
- 23. Why C#? Async and await LINQ Full power of the .Net Framework
- 24. What’s new in Xamarin 3
- 25. Major Elements in Xamarin 3 Xamarin Designer for iOS Major IDE Enhancements Improved Code Sharing Xamarin.Forms
- 26. Xamarin Designer for Android Fully integrated into Xamarin Studio & Visual Studio Multi-resolution editing Easy switch between design and Android XML Shipping for over 2 years
- 27. Xamarin Designer for iOS Fully integrated into Xamarin Studio & Visual Studio iOS 6 & 7 Storyboard support Intuitive event handling Support for auto-layout Live preview of custom controls
- 28. Xamarin Designer in Action
- 29. DEMO
- 30. Xamarin Studio: Beautiful New Look
- 31. NuGet Package Manager Full support for using NuGet packages Take advantage of the many NuGet packages which are are now shipping with Xamarin compatibility – in Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio
- 32. Shared Projects The easiest way to share code Eliminates the hassle of file-linking Easier to collaborate with other Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio users
- 33. .NET BCL Documentation Full documentation for the .NET Base Class Libraries (BCL) Recently provided to community by Microsoft Integrated into Xamarin Studio
- 34. First Class F# Support
- 35. DEMO
- 36. Xamarin.Forms Filip Ekberg Microsoft MVP Pluralsight Author Author of C# Smorgasbord filip.Ekberg@readify.net fekberg.com @fekberg
- 38. Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms With Xamarin.Forms: more code-sharing, native controls Traditional Xamarin approach Shared UI Code
- 39. Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms Shared UI Code Quickly and easily build native user interfaces using shared code Xamarin.Forms elements map to native controls and behaviors Mix-and-match Xamarin.Forms with native APIs
- 40. Pages Content MasterDetail Navigation Tabbed Carousel
- 41. Layouts Stack Absolute Relative Grid ContentView ScrollView Frame
- 42. Controls ActivityIndicator BoxView Button DatePicker Editor Entry Image Label ListView Map OpenGLView Picker ProgressBar SearchBar Slider Stepper TableView TimePicker WebView EntryCell ImageCell SwitchCell TextCell ViewCell
- 44. DEMO
- 45. Xamarin 3 Recap Xamarin Designer for iOS Major IDE Enhancements Improved Code Sharing Xamarin.Forms So much more!
- 47. Learn more Unrivaled Mobile Development Training Live unlimited mobile development training from mobile experts, in your time-zone, on your schedule and as often as you'd like
- 48. Key Attendees
- 49. Get Started Today: xamarin.com/download
- 50. Questions / Discussion / Food • Pizza and cake • Retire to the bar
- 51. Contact Details / References Group • http://www.meetup.com/SydneyMobileDotNetDevelopers/ Xamarin • www.xamarin.com • evolve.xamarin.com • university.xamarin.com Microsoft • www.lalaninja.com.au • dvlup.com • wp.msdeveloper.com.au Further Contacts Filip Ekberg • filip.ekberg@readify.net • @fekberg • fekberg.com Alec Tucker • atucker@whiteclarkegroup.com • @alecdtucker • blog.alectucker.com • linkedin.com/in/alectucker