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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

Setting up MVVMCross with Android


As we already completed the PCL setup for MVVMCross, we only need to create the setup object, which will inherit the MvxAndroidSetup class.

Create a new file called AndroidSetup.cs and implement the following:

public class AndroidSetup : MvxAndroidSetup 
    { 
        public AndroidSetup(Context context) :base(context) 
        { 
        } 
 
        protected override IMvxApplication CreateApp() 
        { 
            return new App(); 
        } 
 
        protected override IMvxTrace CreateDebugTrace() 
        { 
            return new DebugTrace(); 
        } 
    } 

This is very much the same as the iOS setup, but in the constructor we must pass in the Android context.

Now for the final setup on Android. We don't normally have an application to override. Instead, MVVMCross by default provides a splash screen. Delete the MainActivity class that is automatically created, and replace it with a new activity called SplashScreenActivity:

[Activity(Label ...
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