Create native apps in C# with device-specific experiences, share non-UI code across iOS, Windows 8 and Android.
- 1.INTRODUCING XAMARIN 2.0 Pls check our blog at NFLXUG.com
North Florida Xamarin User Group
2. X-PLATFORM NATIVE APPS IN C# AND .NET USING XAMARIN TOOLS
(IOS/WP/ANDROID) MARK J RADACZ, MCTS DEVELOPER, GLOBAL RAD
SOLUTIONS, LLC WWW.MDUGJAX.COM WWW.NFLXUG.COM BLOG: XRADAPP.COM
@MARKRADACZ 3. LIVE THE LIFE YOU LOVE.. LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE 4.
Who am I? Mark J Radacz #HusbandFatherLife-LongMateGeek Enjoying
every trip around the Sun MCTS, Consultant, Developer 10 years in
.NET + iOS recently Ex-Blackberry-Apple-WP fanboy 5. QUESTION: CAN
I WRITE CODE ONCE AND RUN ON ALL DEVICES? 6. Write C# Run on 2.5+
billion devices With Xamarin, you write your apps entirely in C#,
sharing the same code on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac 7. AGENDA
What is Xamarin Studio Why choose Xamarin tools UX Design Code Demo
in iOS, WP and Android 8. WHAT IS XAMARIN Write in C# - run on iOS
(iPhone, iPodTouch, iPad) and Android Built on top of Mono Xamarin
Studio - Mac OS X APIs Xamarin.Android - Android SDK APIs .NET Base
Class Library (BCL) LEGIT! 9. HOW XAMARIN WORKS Your shared code
never needs to know the difference! 10. WHY CHOOSE XAMARIN 11. APPS
IN C# FOR IOS, ANDROID AND WP Write apps in C# (run on 2.5 billion
devices) shorter, more maintainable code advanced language features
(Language Integrated Query (LINQ), delegates, lambdas, events,
garbage collection and many other) Reuse up to 90% of code between
platforms Native UI, Native Performance Modern Language, Powerful
Framework .NET Libraries and Objective-C libraries Rich IDE Support
(also edit code in VS) 12. ANDROID DEVICE FRAGMENTATION July 2013
11,686 devices http://opensignal.com/reports/fragmentation-2013/
July 2012 3,997 devices 13. SCREEN SIZES
http://opensignal.com/blog/2013/07/30/40-developer-tips-for-android-
Android iOS 14. POWERFUL XAMARIN DESIGNER 15. XAMARIN COMPONENT
STORE 16. SHARE CODE BETWEEN PLATFORMS App functionality save
development time business logic data access and network
communications Xamarin helps to share the same C# code across iOS,
Android, Mac, and Windows GUI Designed separately on Each platform
17. MVVMCROSS 18. SHARING CODE BETWEEN PLATFORMS File Linking into
each App Project File Linking into Separate Projects Cloned Project
Files Microsoft Project Linker http://bit.ly/12C4pNF 19. FILE
LINKING 20. FILE LINKING TO SEPARATE PROJECTS 21. Developing with
Xamarin Xamarin Studio PC or Mac Visual Studio Plugin VS 2012/2013
22. XAMARIN TEST CLOUD Start immediately Useful Visual Reports
Hundreds of non-jailbroken devices Test for fragmentation Built for
Continuous Integration Object-based UI testing script-free and
scriptable 23. TESTING MOBILE APPS 24. TEST CLOUD INTERFACE 25.
Scripting technology for Xamarin Test Cloud UI Test Automation for
iOS & Android Run UI tests on Devices or Simulators/Emulators
Supports Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Provides the Automation
APIs needed to interact with UI controls in an app wait for events
to occur (i.e. no network activity) make assertions about the
visible view generate screenshots of the app app-lifecycle APIs
(start/stop, uninstall, etc) 26. UX DESIGN 27. *UIKitten pic
snagged from FrankAKrueger 28. PLATFORM SPECIFIC
SCHETCHES/WIREFRAMES UX Wireframes using Balsamiq, Mockingbird,
Visio, etc 29. PLATFORM SPECIFIC UX i.e. W8 - Live Tiles 30.
PLATFORM SPECIFIC UX i.e. iOS7 (still) no back button 31. DEVICE
SPECIFIC UX Phone vs Tablet 32. FOLLOW PLATFORM SPECIFIC UX Apple -
Human Interface Guidelines Android Design Guidelines Windows Phone
UX Design Guidelines for WP 33. CODE DEMO(S) 34. PHONEWORD 35.
SUMMARY What is Xamarin Studio Why choose Xamarin tools UX Design
Code Demo in iOS, WP and Android 36. Q&A 37. REFERENCES UX
Design for Devs Tapworthy by Josh Clark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU5Il9qVfbM Universal Principles of
Desing by William Lidwell et. al. BillyHollis.com (watch: The Whole
Brain Developer ) Videos http://www.youtube.com/user/XamarinHQ
Sample GitHub Repositories
https://github.com/xamarin/mobile-samples (x-platform)
https://github.com/xamarin/monotouch-samples
https://github.com/xamarin/monodroid-samples
https://github.com/xamarin/Seminars Xamarin.com/University 38. TEST
CLOUD REFERENCES http://xamarin.com/test-cloud
http://docs.xamarin.com/ https://github.com/calabash-ios
https://github.com/calabash-ios/wiki
https://github.com/calabash/field-service-example
https://github.com/calabash/x-platform-example 39. REFERENCES
Xamarin DevCenter - http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/
free/$299/$999/$1899 per year per platform
(starter/Indie/Business/Enterprise) UX Apple - Human Interface
Guidelines Android Design Guidelines Windows Phone UX Design
Guidelines for WP DevCenter Memberships Apple
http://developer.apple.com ($99/year) Android
http://developer.android.com ($25) Win Store
http://dev.windowsphone.com ($19/99 year) XUG & My Info
www.NFLXUG.com blog: www.iRadApp.com [email protected]
@MarkRadacz
