Introduction to Xamarin Philly Code Camp 2014
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This document summarizes a presentation on cross-platform mobile development using C# and Xamarin. It introduces the presenters and covers an overview of Xamarin's approach to building native iOS and Android apps with shared code. The presentation discusses Xamarin's architecture, code sharing capabilities using portable class libraries and shared projects, and new features in Xamarin 3 like the Xamarin designer for iOS and Xamarin.Forms for building user interfaces with shared code. Live coding demonstrations are included to showcase these capabilities.
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Introduction to Xamarin Philly Code Camp 2014
- 1. Cross-platform mobile development in ! C# with Xamarin!
- 2. Your Presenters! Greg Shackles! Brent Schooley!James Montemagno! Senior Engineer! Olo! Developer Evangelist! Twilio! Developer Evangelist! Xamarin! greg@gregshackles.com! @gshackles! brent@twilio.com! @brentschooley! james.montemagno@xamarin.com! @jamesmontemagno! ! motzcod.es!
- 3. Philly Xamarin Developer Group! meetup.com/PhillyXamarin! § Monthly Meetups! § Ran by local developers! § Next meetup: July 8th! !
- 4. Agenda! Part 1:! § Introduction! § Architecting Mobile Apps! § Overview of Xamarin! § Live Coding Adventure! § Q&A! Part 2:! § What’s new in Xamarin 3! § Live Coding Adventure! § Introduction to Xamarin.Forms! § Live Coding Adventure! § Q&A!
- 5. Automatically test your app on! hundreds of mobile devices ! Create native iOS, Android, Mac and Windows apps in Visual Studio and C#
- 7. The Anatomy of a Native App! Xamarin apps look and feel native because they are native! Native User Interfaces! Native API Access! Native Performance!
- 9. The Silo Approach! Build App ! Multiple Times!
- 10. The Write-Once-Run-Anywhere Approach! Lowest Common! Denominator!
- 11. Xamarin’s Unique Approach! Native With ! Code Sharing!
- 12. How does it work?!
- 13. Windows APIs!
- 14. iOS APIs | 100% Coverage!
- 15. Android APIs | 100% Coverage!
- 16. Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java ! can be done in C# with Xamarin using Visual Studio!
- 17. Xamarin.iOS does full Ahead Of Time (﴾AOT)﴿ compilation to produce an ARM binary for Apple’s App Store. Native Performance Xamarin.Android takes advantage of Just In Time (﴾JIT)﴿ compilation on the Android device.
- 18. Always Up to Date Same day support for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 6.1, iOS 7, iOS 7.1!
- 19. Emerging Technologies & Devices Always up-‐to-‐date with the latest APIs from Apple and Google. Android Wear Google Glass Amazon Fire Phone Amazon Fire TV!
- 20. Let’s talk about ! code sharing…!
- 21. Xamarin’s Unique Approach! Native With ! Code Sharing!
- 22. Code Sharing: Accelerate Development Android iOS Mac WP
- 23. File Linking
- 25. Portable Class Libraries • 1 Assembly • Multiple Platforms • Including: • Xamarin.Android • Xamarin.iOS
- 26. Portable Class Libraries Features • Centralized Code Sharing • How you expect it to work • Debug seamlessly into and out of PCL • Project/Assembly Sharing • NuGet
- 27. Distribute Everywhere A Xamarin app is an app, distribute it everywhere
- 28. Products
- 29. Xamarin.Mac Xamarin Studio Xamarin Test Cloud Component Store Xamarin.iOS Xamarin.Android Xamarin for Visual Studio .NET Mobility Scanner
- 30. Development Environment Xamarin Studio PC or Mac Visual Studio Plugin VS 2010/2012/2013
- 32. Visual Studio Integration Debug to: • Emulators • Devices Integrated into toolbar • Status • Logs • List of devices Just Click Start Debugging!
- 33. Xamarin Studio
- 34. Android Designer
- 35. iOS Designer
- 36. Xamarin Component Store Build Apps Faster
- 37. .NET Mobility Scanner http://scan.xamarin.com How mobile is your .NET? • Scan .exe or .dll to determine compatibility • Generates full report:
- 38. Unrivaled Mobile Development Training! Live unlimited mobile development training from mobile experts, ! in your time-zone, on your schedule and as often as you'd like! xamarin.com/university!
- 40. Q & A! ! Get your free C# t-shirt:! xamarin.com/shirt! @gshackles! @brentschooley! @jamesmontemagno!
- 41. 15 Minute Break!
- 42. Cross-platform mobile development in ! C# with Xamarin!
- 43. Your Presenters! Greg Shackles! Brent Schooley!James Montemagno! Senior Engineer! Olo! Developer Evangelist! Twilio! Developer Evangelist! Xamarin! greg@gregshackles.com! @gshackles! brent@twilio.com! @brentschooley! james.montemagno@xamarin.com! @jamesmontemagno! ! motzcod.es!
- 44. Agenda! Part 1:! § Introduction! § Architecting Mobile Apps! § Overview of Xamarin! § Live Coding Adventure! § Q&A! Part 2:! § What’s new in Xamarin 3! § Live Coding Adventure! § Introduction to Xamarin.Forms! § Live Coding Adventure! § Q&A!
- 45. What’s new in! Xamarin 3!
- 46. Major Elements of Xamarin 3! 1. Xamarin Designer for iOS! 2. Xamarin Studio & Visual Studio Enhancements! 3. Easy code sharing! 4. Xamarin.Forms!
- 47. Xamarin Designer for iOS! Fully integrated into Xamarin Studio & Visual Studio! ! iOS 6 & 7 Storyboard support! ! Intuitive event handling! ! Support for auto-layout! ! Live preview of custom controls! ! ! !
- 48. Xamarin Studio: Beautiful new look!
- 49. NuGet Package Manager! NuGet support combined with the Xamarin Component Store gives Xamarin developers the most comprehensive ecosystem of libraries at their fingertips!
- 50. Xamarin Designer for iOS in Xamarin Studio!
- 51. First Class F# Support!
- 52. Shared Projects! The easiest way to share code! ! Eliminates the hassle of file-linking! ! Easier to collaborate with other Xamarin Studio and ! Visual Studio users !
- 55. Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms! With Xamarin.Forms: ! more code-sharing, native controls! Traditional Xamarin approach! Shared UI Code!
- 56. Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms! Shared UI Code! Quickly and easily build native user interfaces using shared code! ! Xamarin.Forms elements map to native controls and behaviors! ! Mix-and-match Xamarin.Forms with native APIs!
- 57. What’s Included! § 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls! § Build from code behind or XAML! § Two-way Data Binding! ! § Navigation! § Animation API! § Dependency Service! § Messaging Center!
- 58. Pages! Content! MasterDetail! Navigation! Tabbed! Carousel!
- 59. Layouts! Stack! Absolute! Relative! Grid! ContentView! ScrollView! Frame!
- 60. 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!
- 64. Xamarin Recap! § iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows apps all in C#! § Full API Coverage! § Native Performance! § Native User Interface! § Code Sharing Between All Platforms!
- 65. Philly Xamarin Developer Group! meetup.com/PhillyXamarin! § Monthly Meetups! § Ran by local developers! § Next meetup: July 8th! !
- 67. Unrivaled Mobile Development Training! Live unlimited mobile development training from mobile experts, ! in your time-zone, on your schedule and as often as you'd like! xamarin.com/university!
- 68. Q & A! ! Get your free C# t-shirt:! xamarin.com/shirt! @gshackles! @brentschooley! @jamesmontemagno!