Creating end-to-end mobile apps from the phone to the cloud, using Visual Studio for Mac (with C#, ASP.NET, and Xamarin)

1. Creating end-to-end mobile
apps from the phone to the
cloud
Craig Dunn
Microsoft Corporation

2. Visual Studio for Mac
The IDE loved by millions, now on the Mac
Productivity for teams
across PC and Mac
Build apps, games, and services
for mobile, web, and cloud
An IDE natively designed for
the Mac

3. Xamarin.Forms
ASP.NET Core web site/service
Windows, Mac, or Linux
Microsoft Azure
Web, Mobile, Functions
iOS
Embed with Xcode
Visual Studio for MaciOS Android
From the phone to the cloud…
macOS
3D Games
Git / collaborate
with Windows
(preview)

4. Developing with Visual Studio
App Architecture
Business logic Data
others
Shared business logic
native code native code native codenative code native code
Unity3D
IoT
Linux
Other mobile
iOS Android WindowsmacOS
native UI native UI native UInative UI
Web site
HTML CSS
Web services
Notifications
Shared business logic
(optional) Embed

5. AndroidmacOS Windows
Developing with Visual Studio for Mac & Xamarin.Forms
App Architecture
iOS
others
native code native code
Shared UI (XAML)
Unity3D
IoT
Linux
Other mobile
native codenative codenative code
Business logic Data
Shared business logic
Web site
HTML CSS
Web services
Notifications
Shared business logic

6. Visual Studio for Mac
Demo

7. Info.plist
Entitlements
Properties
Storyboard
ViewControllers
AppDelegate
Kimono Demo
Native:
• Menus
• Window
• Listboxes
• Color picker
https://github.com/xamarin/KimonoDesigner
https://blog.xamarin.com/introducing-the-kimono-designer-for-skiasharp/

8. Project Structure
iOS
- Info
- Entitlements
- Properties
- Storyboard
-
Acquaint Native Demo
Android
- Properties
- Manifest
- XML
-
https://github.com/xamarinhq/app-acquaint

9. Project Structure
- ASP.NET core back end / Mobile front end
- Xamarin.Forms
Git integration
NuGet integration
ASP.NET Core Demo
XAML Previewer
Debug client & backend simulatenously
Publish to Azure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mobile/native-mobile-backend
https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/tree/master/WebServices/TodoREST

10. Project Structure
MVC
- Intellisense
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
ASP.NET Web Demo
Add > Docker Support
File > New > ASP.NET Core web app

11. Visual Studio
- Project Structure
- RUN unit tests
Xcode
- Show framework
- Show header & compare
RUN
Embeddinator Demo
https://github.com/mono/Embeddinator-4000
https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/embeddinator-weather

12. Create cross-platform
games with Unity
Best-in-class script editor
Edit Unity scripts with full code completion and
syntax highlighting
A solution explorer specific to Unity games
A great debugging experience
One-click debugging of your games

13. Embed .NET in your Swift or
Objective-C app
Share code with your .NET friends
Easily interact with their back-end services by
incorporating their client code
objcgen my_csharp.dll --target=framework --platform=iOS
https://mono.github.io/Embeddinator-4000/

14. C# Language
Quick reference
Compare C# and Swift
https://aka.ms/scposter

15. Visual Studio for Mac
Included in Visual Studio SubscriptionAvailable for free*
*https://www.visualstudio.com/license-terms/mlt553321/
Licensed for enterprise
Collaborate seamlessly between PC and Mac
Publish to the cloud with peace of mind, using monthly
Azure subscription credits
Create free and paid apps
Target Android, iOS, macOS,
web, and cloud
Host your code anywhere
with Git support
Access free tools and courses
with Visual Studio Dev Essentials
Work in dev teams on apps for
mobile, web, and cloud
Access to Xamarin Inspector
and Xamarin Profiler

16. Features in Enterprise
VISUAL STUDIO FOR MAC

17. Xamarin Live Inspector
Rapid Design Experimentation
Live Inspector and Workbooks to
programmatically interact with a running app
Enables rapid design experimentation and
iteration

18. Xamarin Profiler
A Full-Featured Profiling Tool
Profiling tool made specifically for Xamarin apps
Quickly identify memory and performance
issues
Provides analysis of code running in the Mono
runtime

19. Visual Studio for Mac
Get Visual Studio for Mac today
https://www.visualstudio.com/
Craig Dunn
@conceptdev

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