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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162826703321

Autore

Daniel Steven F.

Titolo

Mastering Xamarin UI development : build stunning, maintainable, cross-platform mobile application user interfaces with the power of Xamarin / / Steven F. Daniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, [England] : , : Packt, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

9781786464873

178646487X

9781786462008

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

005.437

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems) - Development

Application software - Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

Build stunning, maintainable, cross-platform mobile application user interfaces with the power of Xamarin About This Book Create, configure, and customize stunning platform-specific features as well as cross-platform UIs with the power of Xamarin Forms. Maximize the testability, flexibility, and overall quality of your Xamarin apps. Get the most out of Xamarin.Forms and create your own reusable templates with C# scripting in Xamarin. Who This Book Is For If you are a mobile developer with basic knowledge of Xamarin and C# coding, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn Develop stunning native cross-platform apps using the Xamarin.Forms framework Work with the different UI layouts to create customized layouts using the C# programming language and tweak it for a given platform Customize the user interface using DataTemplates and CustomRenderers and the Platform Effects API to change the appearance of control elements Build hybrid apps using the Razor Template Engine and create Razor Models that communicate with a SQLite database Use location based features within your app to display the user's current location Work with the



Xamarin.Forms Map control to display Pin placeholders based on the stored latitude and longitude coordinates Understand and use the MVVM pattern architecture to navigate between each of your ViewModels and implement Data Binding to display and update information Work with the Microsoft Azure Platform to incorporate API Data Access using Microsoft Azure App Services and the RESTful API Incorporate third-party features within your app using the Facebook SDK and the Open Graph API Perform unit testing and profile your Xamarin.Forms applications Deploy your apps to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store In Detail Xamarin is the most powerful cross-platform mobile development framework. If you are interested in creating stunning user interfaces for the iOS and Android mobile platforms using the power of Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms, then this is your ticket. This book will provide you the practical skills required to develop real-world Xamarin applications. You will learn how to implement UI structures and layouts, create customized elements, and write C# scripts to customize layouts. You will create UI layouts from scratch so that you can tweak and customize a given UI layout to suit your needs by using Data Templates. Moving on, you will use third-party libraries ? such as the Razor template engine that allows you to crea...