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Mastering Cross-Platform Development with Xamarin

Master the skills required to steer cross-platform applications from drawing board to app store(s) using Xamarin
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Mastering Cross-Platform Development with Xamarin

Can Bilgin

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Master the skills required to steer cross-platform applications from drawing board to app store(s) using Xamarin
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ISBN 139781785285684
Paperback390 pages

Book Description

The main goal of this book is to equip you with the required know-how to successfully analyze, develop, and manage Xamarin cross-platform projects using the most efficient, robust, and scalable implementation patterns.

This book starts with general topics such as memory management, asynchronous programming, local storage, and networking, and later moves onto platform-specific features. During this transition, you will learn about key tools to leverage the patterns described, as well as advanced implementation strategies and features. The book also presents User Interface design and implementation concepts on Android and iOS platforms from a Xamarin and cross-platform perspective, with the goal to create a consistent but native UI experience.

Finally, we show you the toolset for application lifecycle management to help you prepare the development pipeline to manage and see cross-platform projects through to public or private release.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Developing with Xamarin
Cross-platform projects with Xamarin
Target platforms
Setting up the development environment
Emulator options
A typical Xamarin solution structure
Quality in cross-development
Summary
Chapter 2: Memory Management
Application Component lifecycle
Garbage collection
Platform-specific concepts
Troubleshooting and diagnosis
Patterns and best practices
Summary
Chapter 3: Asynchronous Programming
Multithreading on Xamarin
Asynchronous methods
Parallel execution
Patterns and best practices
Background tasks
Summary
Chapter 4: Local Data Management
Data in mobile applications
Application data
Local filesystem
SQLite
Patterns and best practices
Backup/Roaming
Summary
Chapter 5: Networking
Connected apps
Web services
SignalR
Patterns and best practices
Platform-specific concepts
Cloud integration
Summary
Chapter 6: Platform Extras
Content sharing
Peripherals
Location data
Native libraries
Summary
Chapter 7: View Elements
Design philosophy
Design elements
User interaction
Summary
Chapter 8: Xamarin.Forms
Under the hood
Components
Extending forms
Patterns and best practices
Summary
Chapter 9: Reusable UI Patterns
Visual assets
Localization
Architectural patterns
Summary
Chapter 10: ALM – Developers and QA
Development pipeline
Troubleshooting and diagnostics
Unit testing
UI testing
Summary
Chapter 11: ALM – Project and Release Management
Source control
Continuous integration
Automated testing
Beta deployment
Live telemetry
Summary
Chapter 12: ALM – App Stores and Publishing
Release packages
Distribution options
Line of Business apps
Summary

What You Will Learn

  • Configure your environment for cross-platform projects with Xamarin
  • Gain memory management skills to avoid memory leaks and premature code cycles while decreasing the memory print of your applications
  • Employ asynchronous and parallel patterns to execute non-interactive and non-blocking processes
  • Create and use SQLite databases for offline scenarios
  • Integrate network resources with cross-platform applications
  • Design and implement eye-catching and reusable UI components without compromising nativity in mobile applications
  • Manage the application lifecycle of cross-platform development projects
  • Distribute Xamarin applications through public or private channels

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Developing with Xamarin
Cross-platform projects with Xamarin
Target platforms
Setting up the development environment
Emulator options
A typical Xamarin solution structure
Quality in cross-development
Summary
Chapter 2: Memory Management
Application Component lifecycle
Garbage collection
Platform-specific concepts
Troubleshooting and diagnosis
Patterns and best practices
Summary
Chapter 3: Asynchronous Programming
Multithreading on Xamarin
Asynchronous methods
Parallel execution
Patterns and best practices
Background tasks
Summary
Chapter 4: Local Data Management
Data in mobile applications
Application data
Local filesystem
SQLite
Patterns and best practices
Backup/Roaming
Summary
Chapter 5: Networking
Connected apps
Web services
SignalR
Patterns and best practices
Platform-specific concepts
Cloud integration
Summary
Chapter 6: Platform Extras
Content sharing
Peripherals
Location data
Native libraries
Summary
Chapter 7: View Elements
Design philosophy
Design elements
User interaction
Summary
Chapter 8: Xamarin.Forms
Under the hood
Components
Extending forms
Patterns and best practices
Summary
Chapter 9: Reusable UI Patterns
Visual assets
Localization
Architectural patterns
Summary
Chapter 10: ALM – Developers and QA
Development pipeline
Troubleshooting and diagnostics
Unit testing
UI testing
Summary
Chapter 11: ALM – Project and Release Management
Source control
Continuous integration
Automated testing
Beta deployment
Live telemetry
Summary
Chapter 12: ALM – App Stores and Publishing
Release packages
Distribution options
Line of Business apps
Summary

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ISBN 139781785285684
Paperback390 pages
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