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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

Architecture


When it comes to cross-platform applications, our goal is to share as much code as possible. We focus our attention on architecture, having a nice clean project structure that lends itself to a maximization of code sharing across platforms. So how do we solve this problem? Ask yourself:

  • What are the different layers?

  • How do we set up the folder structure?

  • What parts go in which projects?

There are many different approaches to this problem; here are some of the most common architectural layers:

  • Data layer: This stores the database

  • Data access layer: This layer focuses on the objects and wrappers that apply operations on the data layer (Read, Write, Update)

  • Business layer (logic): This layer focuses on the different domains (domain-driven design), separating the different areas of logic into objects that handle operations for each domain

  • Service access layer: The area that focuses operations on the web API, how we handle JSON, and data sent and received between the API Controllers

  • Application...

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