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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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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

Using UINavigationController


In iOS applications, the key class for managing navigation between different controllers is the UINavigationController class. It is a parent controller that contains several child controllers in a stack. Users can move forward by putting new controllers on top of the stack, or using a built-in back button to pop a controller off the stack and navigate to the previous screen.

The developer can manipulate the navigation controller's stack with the following methods:

  • SetViewControllers: This sets an array of child controllers. It has a value to optionally animate the transition.

  • ViewControllers: This is a property for getting or setting the array of child controllers without an option for animation.

  • PushViewController: This places a new child controller at the top of the stack and has an option to display an animation.

  • PopViewController: This pops off the child controller at the top of the stack and has an option to animate the transition.

  • PopToViewController: This...

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