Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android

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Название: Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android

Издательство: PACKT

Автор: Mark Reynolds

Год:January 14, 2014

Количество страниц: 168

Язык:английский

Формат: pdf

Размер:3,95 Mb

Learn to develop full featured Android apps using your existing C# skills with Xamarin.Android

Gain an understanding of both the Android and Xamarin platforms

Build a working multi-view Android app incrementally throughout the book

Work with device capabilities such as location sensors and the camera

In Detail

Technology trends come and go, but few have generated the excitement, momentum, or long-term impact that mobile computing has. Mobile computing impacts people’s lives at work and at home on a daily basis. Many companies and individual developers are looking to become a part of the movement but are unsure how to best utilize their existing skills and assets. The Xamarin suite of products provides new opportunities to those who already have a significant investment in C# development skills and .NET code bases, and would like to enter into this new, exciting world.

This example-oriented guide provides a practical approach to quickly learning the fundamentals of Android app development using C# and Xamarin.Android. It will lead the readers through building an Android app step-by-step with steadily increasing complexity.

Learn to develop full featured Android apps using your existing C# skills with Xamarin.Android

This book begins with an overview of the Android and Xamarin platforms to provide you with a solid understanding of the environment you will be working in. You will then be gradually walked through building and testing an Android app using C# and the Xamarin.Android product. You will learn the basics of interacting with some of the more interesting aspects of Android devices including location services, the camera, and maps. You will also be given the opportunity to work with three different layout managers to gain an understanding of the various options available for arranging controls and content. The book ends with a discussion on the final steps involved in preparing apps for deployment to the various Android app stores.

In a relatively short period of time, developers familiar with C# and rich client technologies such as WPF and Silverlight will be effectively developing, testing, and delivering Android apps.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

1. The Anatomy of an Android App

The Android platform

The Android applications

Summary

2. Xamarin.Android Architecture

Why Xamarin.Android?

What is Mono?

Mono and Dalvik side by side

The Android bindings design

Development environments

Summary

3. Creating the Points of Interest App

The sample app

Installing Xamarin.Android

Creating the app

Behind the scenes

Summary

4. Creating a Data Storage Mechanism

Creating the Point of Interest entity class

Creating the POI storage interface

Implementing the POI storage services

Summary

5. Adding a List View

Creating the POI ListView layout

Populating the ListView item

Adding actions to ActionBar

Configuring an SD card for the emulator

Running POIApp

Android Device Monitor

Handling row clicks

Summary

6. Adding a Detail View

Creating the POIDetail layout

Adding navigation to POIDetailActivity

Adding Save and Delete actions

Adding validation

Adding a Delete confirmation prompt

Toasting success

Refreshing POIListActivity

Wrapping up

Summary

7. Making POIApp Location Aware

Location services

Adding map integration

Summary

8. Adding Camera App Integration

Picking an integration approach

Permissions and Features

Configuring the Emulator

Extending the data service

Capturing an image from POIDetailActivity

Displaying existing images in POIDetailActivity

Displaying POI images in POIListActivity

Summary

9. Deploying Your App

App distribution options

Preparing for a release APK

Publishing a signed APK

Summary

Index