This is the presentation that Mr. An Nguyen – Software Engineer of KMS Technology presented at “Cross Platform Mobile Development with C# and Xamarin” webinar on October 16th, 2013.

1. CROSS-PLATFORM MOBILE
DEVELOPMENT WITH
C# AND XAMARIN SDK
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2. TODAY SPEAKERS
Nguyễn Lê Phú An
Software Engineer, KMS
Nguyễn Ngọc Trí
Software Engineer, KMS
anlpnguyen@kms-technology.com
trinnguyen@kms-technology.com
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3. AGENDA
 Introducing Xamarin
 Xamarin - Getting started
 Other Worth Mentioning
 More Q&A
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4. INTRODUCING XAMARIN
What is Xamarin?
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5. XAMARIN HISTORY
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Founded in May 2011
76 Employees
Already > 13.000 paying customers
Nat Friedman
CEO and co-founder
@natfriedman
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Miguel de Icaza
CTO and co-founder
@migueldeicaza
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6. XAMARIN PRODUCTS
SDKs
IDE
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7. BINDING TO NATIVE SDK
C# Wrapper
C#
Wrapper
Native SDK API
Xamarin
Compiler
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8. UI SAMPLE CODE
Xamarin
Native
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9. CODE SHARING
Device Access
Layer
Device Access
Layer
Device Access
Layer
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10. LIBRARY REUSING
Libraries
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11. XAMARIN STUDIO
 Common IDE features (auto
completion, source control…)
 Design UI:
o Android: Xamarin Designer
o iOS: Xcode integration
 Debugging and Building Tools
(support simulator and device debug)
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12. VISUAL STUDIO PLUGIN
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13. GETTING STARTED
Let’s practice!
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14. FIRST STEP
SIMPLE PROJECT
1.
2.
3.
4.
Create a sample iOS project
Play with Xcode IB
Create sample Android project
Play with Xamarin Designer
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15. CODE SHARING
TASKY
1. Get Tasky Project
2. Link core project to existing
projects
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16. LIBRARY REUSE
ADSLIDING CONTROLLER
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Get source code
Build static library
Generate a wrapper project
Write a C# wrapper
Use it in a iOS project
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17. LIBRARY REUSE
ACTION BAR SHERLOCK
1.
2.
3.
4.
Get source code
Pack Android library (JAR or ZIP)
Generate a wrapper project
Use it in a Android project
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18. OTHER WORTH MENTIONING
Highlights
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19. WHAT WE LOVE
Cross-platform development in C#
Native UI, Native Performance
Reuse existing code
Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio
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20. WHAT WE HATE
Requires platform’s knowledge
Need Mac OS X machine for iOS
development
Expensive!
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21. CUSTOMER SERVICES
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22. COMMUNITIES
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23. XAMARIN VS COMPETITORS
Xamarin
Titanium
PhoneGap
Corona
Platforms
iOS, Android,
Windows Phone
7&8
iOS, Android,
Blackberry
iOS, Android, Windows
Phone, Blackberry…
iOS, Android
Language
C#
Javascript
HTML, CSS, Javascript
Lua, Objective C, C,
Java
Pricing
$300
platform/develope
r/year
Free
Free
$600 developer/year
UI Capabilities
Native UI (rich)
Native UI (rich)
Web UI
Common native UI
controls (acceptable)
Access of device
API
Full Access
Full Access
Limited
Almost Full Access
Performance
Nearest Native
Nearly Native
Device’s Web View
performance
Nearly Native
OpenGL
Application Types
Productivity/Utility
/ Enterprise Apps
Productivity and
Utility Apps
Basic/Simple Apps
Game
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24. REFERENCES
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http://docs.xamarin.com/
http://xamarin.com/how-it-works
http://components.xamarin.com/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mono
droid+or+monotouch?sort=active
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xamarin
• http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
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25. THANK YOU
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