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

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781786465412

Length 292 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

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Tools

.NET

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Jonathan Peppers

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

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

Installing Xcode

To make things progress more smoothly, let's start off by installing Xcode for Mac. Along with Apple's IDE, it will also install the most commonly-used developer tools on the Mac. Make sure you have at least OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), and locate Xcode in the App Store, as shown in the following screenshot:

This will take quite some time to download and install. I'd recommend taking the time to enjoy a nice cup of coffee or working on another project side-by-side.

Installing Xcode installs the iOS SDK, which is a requirement for iOS development in general. As a restriction from Apple, the iOS SDK can only run on a Mac. Xamarin has done everything possible to make sure they follow Apple's guidelines for iOS, such as dynamic code generation. Xamarin's tools also leverage features of Xcode wherever possible to avoid reinventing the wheel.

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Installing Xcode

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