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Greg Shackles
August 26, 2014
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Developing iOS and Android Apps in Visual Studio with Xamarin
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Developing iOS and Android Apps in Visual Studio with Xamarin
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Hello, world! Greg Shackles Senior Engineer Olo
[email protected]
@gshackles github.com/gshackles
speakerdeck.com/gshackles
nycmobiledev.net @NYCMobileDev
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What is native?
The Anatomy of a Native App
The Anatomy of a Native App Native User Interfaces
The Anatomy of a Native App Native User Interfaces Native
API Access
The Anatomy of a Native App Native User Interfaces Native
API Access Native Performance
The Silo Approach Build App Multiple Times
The Write-Once-Run-Anywhere Approach Lowest Common Denominator
Xamarin’s Approach Native With Code Sharing
Base Class Libraries
Windows APIs
iOS APIs | 100% Coverage
Android APIs | 100% Coverage
Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java can
be done in C# with Xamarin using Visual Studio Pro Tip
Native Performance Xamarin.iOS does full Ahead Of Time (AOT) compilation
to produce an ARM binary for Apple’s App Store.
Native Performance Xamarin.iOS does full Ahead Of Time (AOT) compilation
to produce an ARM binary for Apple’s App Store. Xamarin.Android takes advantage of Just In Time (JIT) compilation on the Android device."
Always Up To Date Same day support for " iOS
5, iOS 6, iOS 6.1, " iOS 7, iOS 7.1!! "
Always Up To Date Always up-to-date with the latest APIs
from Apple and Google.
Distribute Everywhere A Xamarin app is an app, distribute it
everywhere
Bring Your Favorite Libraries Json.NET Rx …and many more!
Code Sharing
File Linking
Shared Code Projects
Portable Class Libraries " • 1 Assembly" • Multiple Platforms"
• Including:" • Xamarin.Android" • Xamarin.iOS
Tools
Xamarin.Mac Xamarin Studio Xamarin Test Cloud Component Store Xamarin.iOS Xamarin.Android
Xamarin for " Visual Studio .NET Mobility Scanner
Development Environment Xamarin Studio" PC or Mac Visual Studio Plugin"
VS 2010/2012/2013
Visual Studio Integration
Visual Studio Integration Debug to:" • Emulators" • Devices" "
" Integrated into toolbar" • Status" • Logs" • List of devices" " Just Click Start Debugging!
Android Designer
iOS Designer Fully integrated into Xamarin Studio & Visual Studio
" iOS 6 & 7 Storyboard support " Intuitive event handling Support for auto-layout " Live preview of custom controls " " "
Component Store
First Class F# Support
Razor Templating
Test Cloud
Xamarin.Forms Traditional Xamarin approach
Xamarin.Forms Xamarin.Forms Traditional Xamarin approach Shared UI Code
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included?
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included? ▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls ▪
Build from code or XAML
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included? ▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls ▪
Build from code or XAML ▪ Two-way Data Binding
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included? ▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls ▪
Build from code or XAML ▪ Two-way Data Binding ▪ Navigation
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included? ▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls ▪
Build from code or XAML ▪ Two-way Data Binding ▪ Navigation ▪ Animation API
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included? ▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls ▪
Build from code or XAML ▪ Two-way Data Binding ▪ Navigation ▪ Animation API ▪ Dependency Service
Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included? ▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls ▪
Build from code or XAML ▪ Two-way Data Binding ▪ Navigation ▪ Animation API ▪ Dependency Service ▪ Messaging Center
Xamarin.Forms: Pages
Xamarin.Forms: Pages Content MasterDetail Navigation Tabbed Carousel
Xamarin.Forms: Layouts
Xamarin.Forms: Layouts Stack Absolute Relative Grid ContentView ScrollView Frame
Xamarin.Forms: 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
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