Xamarin - кросс-платформенный инструмент для разработки мобильных и десктопных приложений для iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS на C# и F#. О том, какое развитие ждет Xamarin, какие новые сервисы и возможности предложит разработчикам компания Microsoft, вы узнаете из этой презентации.
Александр Краковецкий "Xamarin.vNext: жизнь после Microsoft"
1.
2. About
1. CEO of DevRain Solutions – software development.
2. Microsoft Regional Director.
3. Microsoft Windows Phone Most Valuable Professional
(Windows Platform Development).
4. Best Professional in Software Architecture (Ukrainian IT
Award).
5. Ph.D. in Computer Science.
6. Speaker and blogger.
3. Agenda
1. Platform Convergence Journey and UWP
2. Xamarin Growth
3. Microsoft + Xamarin = Complete Mobile
Ecosystem
4. What’s new in Xamarin 2016
5. Q&A
5. Universal Windows Platform
XboxIoT Universal
Windows Platform
Middleware Platforms
Middleware Partners (e.g., Xamarin)
Game Engine Partners (e.g., Unity)
Windows Platform
Universal Windows 8 Apps (C++/C#/JS)
Universal Windows 10 Apps (C++/C#/JS)
Project Centennial (Classic Apps)
Web Platform
Microsoft Edge HTML Engine
Cordova Tooling (HTML/JS)
Hosted Web Apps (HTML/JS)
Other Mobile Platforms
Project Astoria (Java/C++)
Project Islandwood (Objective C/C++)
6. Windows Bridges
1. Desktop Bridge (Project
Centennial)
2. Hosted Web Apps
(”Project Westminster”)
3. Mobilize.Net’s Silverlight
Bridge
4. Windows Bridge for iOS
(“Project Islandwood”)
5. Windows Bridge for
Android (”Project Astoria”)
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges
7. Xamarin History
1. Microsoft and Xamarin
Expand Global
Partnership (November
12, 2014)
2. Microsoft Agrees to
Acquire Xamarin
(February 24, 2016)
8. Anything you can do in Objective-C,
Swift, or Java can be done in C# and
Visual Studio with Xamarin.
10. Drawbacks
1. Price. It’s not cheap.
2. Minor bugs & updates issues.
3. Applications binaries size is bigger.
4. Mac machine is required.
5. Harder to find Xamarin developers.
6. Xamarin.Forms are not suitable for all project types.
7. Not the best choice for rich UI apps with poor business logic.
8. Small community comparing to iOS/Android/.NET but it’s growing.
9. Suitable only for new apps.
10. Customers are afraid of cross-platform tools.
13. Xamarin.Forms
• 40+ Pages, Layouts, and
Controls
• Build from code behind or
XAML
• Two-way Data Binding
• Navigation
• Animation API
• Dependency Service
• Messaging Center
14. Making Apps Great
• How can I use my app offline?
• How can users sign in to my app securely?
• How do I send push notifications to users?
• How do I make my sales team productive ‘on the
go’?
• How do I make my sales team productive ‘on the
go’?
• How can integrate voice search be integrated into
my app?
• How to I manage my apps on end user devices?
19. Visual Studio Mobile Center (Preview)
Provides Mobile Center Xamarin SDK for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android,
Xamarin.Forms (iOS and Android), supports apps developed on Xamarin, Java,
Objective-C, Swift и React Native.
using Microsoft.Azure.Mobile;
using Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Analytics;
using Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Crashes;
MobileCenter.Start(typeof(Analytics), typeof(Crashes));
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/
20. Visual Studio for Mac (Preview)
Build inative iOS and
Android apps on C# and
F# with Xamarin, Azure
services and ASP.NET Core.
https://www.visualstudio.co
m/vs/visual-studio-mac/
21. Appium in Xamarin Test Cloud
Ability for Java
developers to test apps
on real devices with
400+ configurations.