Xamarin.Forms kickstarte 2.0 : compilable code examples for solving typical cross-platform tasks /

Schindler, Falko

Xamarin.Forms kickstarte 2.0 : compilable code examples for solving typical cross-platform tasks / Falko Schindler - [Germany] : [Perpetual Mobile GmbH], c2016 - 174 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes index.

Preface -- 1. Hello, forms! - our first cross-platform app -- 2. Layouting - positioning your content -- 3. Custom views - beyond Xamarin's default elements -- 4. persistence - don't forget a thing -- 5. Navigation -- more than flippings pages -- 6. List view interaction - add, deleta and pull-to-refresh -- 7. Pictures - spicing up your content -- 8. Icons - more than small images -- 9. Fonts and vector graphics - perfect quality on all screens -- 10. Web access - accessing online resources -- 11. Geolocation - navigating the real world -- 12. Animations - puting your app into motion -- 13. Internationalization - teaching your app new languages -- 14. Timer - never miss an action -- 15. Camera accrss - taking pictures -- 16. Styles - pretty up your UI -- 17. Bindings - linking UI and businees logic -- 18. Cross-platform strategies -- combine native and shared code

This guide to Xamarin.Forms gives an introduction for developers that might be new to the field of cross-platform mobile app developmetn. It also serves as a handy reference for the more advanced developers. The book contains 41 self-containing apps with 264 automatically extracted snippets.

9781523254620


APPLICATION SOFTWARE -- DEVELOPMENT

QA 76.76.A65 .S35 2015