(Ebook) Xamarin in Action: Creating native cross-platform mobile apps by Jim Bennett ISBN 9781617294389, 1617294381

Summary

Xamarin in Action teaches you to build cross-platform mobile apps using
Xamarin and C#. You'll explore all the layers of a Xamarin app, from design to deployment.
By the end, you'll be able to build a quality, production-ready Xamarin app on iOS
and Android from scratch with a high level of code reuse.

About the Technology

Rewriting the same app for iOS and Android is tedious, error-prone, and expensive.
Microsoft's Xamarin drastically reduces dev time by reusing most application code--typically
70% or more. The core of your iOS and Android app is shared; you write platform-specific
code only for the UI layer. And because Xamarin uses C#, your apps benefit from
everything this modern language and the .NET ecosystem have to offer.

About the Book

Xamarin in Action teaches you to build cross-platform mobile apps using
Xamarin and C#. You'll explore all the layers of a Xamarin app, from design to deployment.
Xamarin expert Jim Bennett teaches you design practices that maximize code reuse
and isolate device-specific code, making it a snap to incorporate the unique features
of each OS.

What's inside

• Understanding MVVM to maximize code reuse and testability
• Creating cross-platform model and UI logic layers
• Building device-specific UIs
• Unit and automated UI testing
• Preparing apps for publication with user tracking and crash analytics

About the Reader

Readers should have some experience with C#. Mobile development experience is
helpful, but not assumed.

About the Author

Jim Bennett is a Xamarin MYP, Microsoft MVP, and Senior Cloud Developer Advocate
at Microsoft, specializing in Xamarin mobile apps. He's a frequent speaker at events
all around the world, including Xamarin user groups and Xamarin and Microsoft conferences.
He regularly blogs about Xamarin development at https://jimbobbennett.io.