You're reading from Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android, Second Edition Develop, test, and deliver fully-featured Android applications using Xamarin

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785280375

Length 296 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Xamarin

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Cross Platform Mobile Development

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. The Anatomy of an Android App FREE CHAPTER

2. The Xamarin.Android Architecture

3. Creating the Points Of Interest App

4. Adding a List View

5. Adding a Details View

6. Making Your App Orientation-aware

7. Designing for Multiple Screen Sizes

8. Creating Data Storage Mechanisms

9. Making POIApp Location Aware

10. Adding the Camera App Integration

11. Publishing an App to the App Store

Index

Chapter 2. The Xamarin.Android Architecture

Now that we have an understanding of the Android platform, let's talk about Xamarin. In this chapter, we will take a look at the architecture of Xamarin.Android and how it facilitates the development of Android apps using C# and .NET. This chapter covers the following topics:

The benefits and drawbacks of adopting Xamarin.Android
What is Mono?
Mono and Android Runtime side by side (peer objects)
The Xamarin.Android binding libraries
Development of IDE choices

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Chapter 2. The Xamarin.Android Architecture

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