Xamarin.Forms Introduction
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The document introduces Xamarin.Forms, emphasizing its ease of use for individuals with minimal mobile development experience. It highlights the toolkit's ability to create cross-platform applications for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone, facilitating the conversion of single-platform apps to a modern, multi-platform format. Key takeaways include the importance of keeping Xamarin updated and the usefulness of data binding.
Xamarin.Forms Introduction
- 1. Introduction into Xamarin.Forms Andres Castro
- 2. My Background • Graduated 2013 from Kennesaw State University • Have been a C# ASP.NET Developer for the past year • Transitioning to mobile development • Little Android Experience • No iOS/Window Phone Development Experience
- 3. Presentation Goals • To show how easy someone with little to no mobile development experience can begin writing apps with Xamarin.Forms. • To show how you can convert old single platform applications into cross platform apps that have a newer look and feel.
- 4. What is Xamarin.Forms? Xamarin.Forms is a cross-platform, natively-backed UI toolkit abstraction that allows developers to easily create user interfaces that can be shared across Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. It essentially removes the need for a developer to have to learn the UI tools for every device.
- 9. Project Structure PCL Android iOS
- 10. Lets take a look at the code…
- 11. Lessons Learned • Always keep your Xamarin up to date – If a guide you are following is not working, check the dates on it and make sure you are on the same version as they are. • Data binding is your friend