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Xamarin 4.x Cross-Platform Application Development

You're reading from   Xamarin 4.x Cross-Platform Application Development Develop powerful cross-platform applications with Xamarin

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786465412
Length 292 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Jonathan Peppers Jonathan Peppers
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Preface 1. Xamarin Setup FREE CHAPTER 2. Hello, Platforms! 3. Code Sharing Between iOS and Android 4. XamSnap - A Cross-Platform App 5. XamSnap for iOS 6. XamSnap for Android 7. Deploying and Testing on Devices 8. Contacts, Camera, and Location 9. Web Services with Push Notifications 10. Third-Party Libraries 11. Xamarin.Forms 12. App Store Submission

Introducing the Android Manifest


All Android applications have an XML file called the Android Manifest, which declares basic information about the app, and is named AndroidManifest.xml. This is very similar to the Info.plist file on iOS, except Xamarin also provides C# class attributes for placing common settings in the Android manifest. There is also a nice UI for editing the manifest under Project Options | Android Application.

The most important settings, shown in the following screenshot, are as follows:

  • Application name: This is the title of your application, which is displayed below the icon. It is not the same as the name selected on Google Play.

  • Package name: This is just like on iOS, your app's bundle identifier. It is a unique name to identify your application. The convention is to use the reverse domain style with your company name at the beginning; for example, com.jonathanpeppers.xamsnap. It must begin with a lower case letter and contain at least one character within.

  • Application...

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