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Xamarin Blueprints

You're reading from   Xamarin Blueprints Leverage the power of Xamarin to create stunning cross-platform and native apps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785887444
Length 516 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael Williams Michael Williams
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building a Gallery Application FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a SpeechTalk Application 3. Building a GPS Locator Application 4. Building an Audio Player Application 5. Building a Stocklist Application 6. Building a Chat Application 7. Building a File Storage Application 8. Building a Camera Application

Building the Windows Phone version

If you are looking for an even bigger challenge, then try adding on the Windows Phone version. Don't be intimidated by this exercise, most of the code is shared for you. On the Windows Phone version, you will have to implement the following:

  • WinPhoneMethods
  • GestureViewRenderer
  • SQLiteSetup
  • LoggerWinPhone

You will also need to download a Visual Studio extension for SQLite from the following link http://sqlite.org/download.html.

Download the sqlite-wp81-winrt-3130000.vsix file:

Building the Windows Phone version

Install the extensions and then reopen Visual Studio. Then, in your Windows Phone project, right-click on References and select Add Reference.... Then select Windows Phone 8.1 | Extensions from the left-hand side and select SQLite for Windows Phone 8.1, as shown in the following screenshot:

Building the Windows Phone version

When you run this project, you must make sure that the x86 configuration is set:

Building the Windows Phone version

To help you get started, the implementation for the SQLiteSetup class is as follows:

public class SQLiteSetup ...
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