Create great mobile apps with Xamarin, Visual Studio and Azure

6. iOS
Objective-C,
Swift
Xcode
Windows
C#
Visual Studio
Android
Java
Android Studio

10. App Generator
Lua
Javascript
Actionscript
HTML+CSS

15. iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI
Shared C# Business Logic
(Portable Class Library)
Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance

16. iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI
Shared C# Business Logic
(Portable Class Library)
Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance

17. iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI
Shared C# Business Logic
(Portable Class Library)
Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance

18. Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance
Shared C# Business Logic
(Portable Class Library)
Shared C# UI (XML)

22. Shared C# Mobile C# Server

23. Shared C# Mobile
Shared C# Client/Server
C# Server

28. Xamarin.iOS does full Ahead Of Time
(AOT) compilation to produce an ARM
binary for Apple’s App Store.
Xamarin.Android takes advantage of
Just In Time (JIT) compilation on the
Android device.

32. Visual Studio for Mac

35. ✓ 40+ Pages, layouts, and controls
(Build from code behind or XAML)
✓ Two-way data binding
✓ Navigation
✓ Animation API
✓ Dependency Service
✓ Messaging Center
Shared C# Backend
Shared UI Code

36. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TabbedPage xmlns=“…" xmlns:x=“…“ x:Class="MyApp.MainPage">
<TabbedPage.Children>
<ContentPage Title="Profile" Icon="Profile.png">
<StackLayout Spacing="20" Padding="20” VerticalOptions="Center" />
<Entry Placeholder="Username"Text="{Binding Username}”/> >
<Entry Placeholder="Password” Text="{Binding Password}” IsPassword=“True"/>
<Button Text="Login" TextColor="White” BackgroundColor=”…” Command=”…"/>
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage>
<ContentPage Title="Settings" Icon="Settings.png">
<!-- Settings -->
</ContentPage>
</TabbedPage.Children>
</TabbedPage>

38. Which Xamarin approach is
best for your app?
Xamarin.Forms is best for: Xamarin.iOS / Xamarin.Android is best for:
• Data entry apps
• Prototypes and proofs-of-concept
• Apps that require little platform-specific
functionality
• Apps where code sharing is more important
than custom UI
Learn more: xamarin.com/forms Learn more: xamarin.com/platform
• Apps that require specialized interaction
• Apps with highly polished design
• Apps that use many platform-specific APIs
• Apps where custom UI is more important
than code sharing

39. Active
Directory
Multi-Factor
Authentication
Automation
Portal
Key Vault
Store /
Marketplace
VM Image Gallery
& VM Depot
SECURITY &
MANAGEMENT
Web
Apps
Mobile
Apps
API
Management
API
Apps
Logic
Apps
Notification
Hubs
Content Delivery
Network (CDN)
Media
Services
HDInsight Machine
Learning
Stream
Analytics
Data
Factory
Event
Hubs
Mobile
Engagement
Biztalk
Services
Hybrid
Connections
Service
Bus
Storage
Queues
SQL
Database
DocumentDB
Redis
Cache
Search
Tables
SQL Data
Warehouse
Cloud
Services
Batch Remote App
Service
Fabric Visual Studio
Application
Insights
Azure SDK
Team Project
PLATFORM SERVICES
Backup
StorSimple
Site
Recovery
Import/Export
Azure AD
Connect Health
AD Privileged
Identity Mngt
Operational
Insights
HYBRID
OPERATIONS

41. What Do Azure Apps Provide?
41

42. What is Continuous Deployment?
• Variance between tested code and live production
is minimal
• When code is checked in, it is automatically
deployed
• Promotes
o Business agility
o Technical agility
o Operational agility
42

43. Compute Scaling
43

44. Web App Auto-Scaling – Adding Metrics
44

48. iOS

51. Test Recorder Video Test Cloud

57. https://github.com/qmatteoq/XamarinSamples
https://github.com/qmatteoq/AppServices
https://doc.co/tFE6nh/nqqAqB

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