What you need for this book

All the examples in this book can be completed using a 30-day trial version of Xamarin.Android. The examples were developed using Mac OS X (Yosemite), Xamarin Studio 5.9.3, and Xamarin.Android 5.1.3 (trial edition). Any later versions should work fine as long as they are valid Xamarin configurations. You can check the Xamarin website for specifics.

Xamarin.Android can also be used in other configurations, including Windows OS. In Windows OS, you can either use Xamarin Studio or the Visual Studio Xamarin plugin as an IDE of your choice. Using a different configuration from what was used while developing the examples of this book may result in slight variations in the screens or steps described in the book.

The examples provided in this book consume the REST web service developed in Java JAX-RS. You can deploy the web service code on your system to perform end-to-end testing, or alternatively, you can use the Apiary mock feed URLs provided in the code bundle. To deploy the web service code, you need MySQL and the Apache Tomcat™ application server.