Xamarin cross-platform application development : develop production-ready applications for iOS and Android using Xamarin /
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| Author / Creator: | Peppers, Jonathan, author. |
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Imprint: | Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2015. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Community experience distilled Community experience distilled. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11907289 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Setting Up Xamarin; The Xamarin tools; Installing Xcode; Installing Xamarin; Choosing a Xamarin license; Setting up the Android emulator; Enrolling in the iOS Developer Program; Registering as a Google Play developer; Summary; Chapter 2: Hello, Platforms!; Building your first iOS application; Understanding Apple's MVC pattern; Using the iOS designer; Building your first Android application; Android activities; Xamarin's Android designer; Summary.
- Chapter 3: Code Sharing Between iOS and AndroidLearning the MVVM design pattern; Implementing MVVM in an example; Comparing project organization strategies; Setting up a cross-platform solution; Working with Portable Class Libraries; Using PCLs in Xamarin; Using preprocessor statements; Simplifying dependency injection; Implementing Inversion of Control; Summary; Chapter 4: XamChat-a Cross-platform App; Starting our sample application concept; Developing our Model layer; Writing a mock web service; Writing the ViewModel layer; Implementing our LoginViewModel class.
- Implementing our RegisterViewModel classImplementing our FriendViewModel class; Implementing our MessageViewModel class; Writing unit tests; Setting up a new project for unit tests; Writing assertions; Summary; Chapter 5: XamChat for iOS; Understanding the basics of an iOS app; Using UINavigationController; Methods in Navigation Controllers; Setting up a Navigation Controller; Implementing the login screen; Creating a LoginController class; Modifying the controller's layout; Registering and subscribing view models and services; Using segues and UITableView; Adding a friends list screen.
- Adding a list of messagesComposing messages; Summary; Chapter 6: XamChat for Android; Introducing Android Manifest; Setting up the Manifest; Common manifest permissions; Creating and implementing the application class; Adding a login screen; Layouts and ViewGroups in Andorid; Implementing the login functionality; Using ListView and BaseAdapter; Implementing the conversations screen; Setting up the adapter; Implementing the friends list; Composing messages; Summary; Chapter 7: Deploying and Testing on Devices; iOS provisioning; Prerequisites for deploying to iOS.
- Creating a provisioning profileAndroid device settings; Understanding the linker; Understanding AOT compilation; Avoiding common memory pitfalls; Garbage collector; Memory leaks; Accessing objects disposed by GC; Summary; Chapter 8: Web Services with Push Notifications; Learning Windows Azure; Setting up your Azure account; Exploring Azure Mobile Services; Creating tables and scripts; Adding a backend to XamChat; Adding the Azure Mobile Services NuGet package; Using the Apple Push Notification service; Setting up proper provisioning; Setting up your provisioning profile.