![]() ![]() It is expected that you have a basic understanding of technologies in mobile development, but prior knowledge of Xamarin is not required. Who This Book Is For If you want to develop your own applications and want to explore the features of Xamarin Studio, then this is the book for you. The book is available on Amazon and sold directly by the publisher.Design, develop, and publish your own mobile apps for iOS and Android using C# and Xamarin Studio About This Book Explore the exciting features of Xamarin Studio while learning to develop your own applications Develop a complete application from conceptualization through to publishing it on the app store The book walks you through the basics of cross-platform development with Xamarin using examples and best practices and tips for cross platform solutions. It certainly convinced me to use Xamarin.Android for my first Android application. It's definitely enough to get you started and makes it much easier to decide whether this is the right way to build Android applications or not. ![]() NET C# developer with no previous development experience on Android. Nevertheless the book is a great first step into the world of Xamarin.Android for a seasoned. It would also be very useful to include some recommended development practices for reusing code between platforms and handling Android specifics. In particular more information about testing the applications on actual devices and some guidance on how to best take advantage of existing resources for Java Android development when working in Xamarin. There were a couple of topics I missed in the book. The book concludes with some basics about application deployment again very useful for those, not already familiar with the platform. NET developers really need to transition to the new platform and the book does a good job at it. Once that was out of the way, the chapters nicely focused on individual Android specifics, such as building the UI, handling the navigation and working with sensors. Even though Xamarin Studio is being used, it is similar enough to Visual Studio and shouldn't require much attention. I found this approach engaging and easy to follow by building that same application while reading.įor a book targeting existing C# developers, it started a bit too slow in my opinion, spending too much time on the basics if IDE. The author decided to organize the chapters around a single application, building it from start to finish, while gradually incorporating new features. It gave me a nice foundation to build upon during the remainder of the book. ![]() I really liked how the book started out with an introduction to the Android platform and some technical insight into the architecture of Xamarin.Android and its integration with the platform. It was a great opportunity to actually try out Xamarin.Android. ![]() When I got the offer to review Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android written by Mark Reynolds and published by Packt publishing, I didn't think much. I've been planning to take a closer look at Xamarin products for quite some time now, I just needed something to actually get me started. ![]()
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