Introduction to Xamarin

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Introduction to Xamarin

Michael Ridland
www.michaelridland.com

Mobile Technology Specialists

What is native?

The Anatomy of a Native App
Native User Interfaces Native API Access Native Performance

The Silo Approach
Build App  
Multiple Times

The Write-Once-Run-Anywhere Approach
Lowest Common
Denominator

Xamarin’s (Traditional) Approach
Native With
Code Sharing

Language Support
Functional Imperative/OOP
F#
C#

Base Class Libraries

Windows APIs

iOS APIs | 100% Coverage

Android APIs | 100% Coverage

Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java  
can be done in C# or F# with Xamarin
Pro Tip

Native Performance
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.

Demos - Xamarin Traditional
Demos

Always Up To Date
Same day support for
iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 6.1,
iOS 7, iOS 7.1, iOS 8…

Future Proof
Always up-to-date with the latest APIs
from Apple and Google.
Full Support for Android TV, Fire TV, Android Wear, Google Glass, etc

Distribute Everywhere
A Xamarin app is an app, distribute it everywhere

Rich Library EcoSystem
Json.NET Rx
…and many more!

Development Environments

Development Environment
Xamarin Studio
PC or Mac
Visual Studio Plugin
VS 2010/2012/2013

Development Environment
or even?

Visual Studio Integration

Android Designer

iOS Designer
Fully integrated into Xamarin
Studio & Visual Studio
iOS 6 & 7 Storyboard support
Intuitive event handling 
Support for auto-layout
Live preview of custom controls

Component Store

Component Vendors

Xamarin.Forms

Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.FormsTraditional Xamarin approach
Shared UI Code

Xamarin.Forms: What’s Included?
▪ 40+ Pages, Layouts, and Controls
▪ Build from code or XAML
▪ Two-way Data Binding
▪ Navigation
▪ Animation API
▪ Dependency Service
▪ Messaging Center

Xamarin.Forms: Pages
Content MasterDetail Navigation Tabbed Carousel

Xamarin.Forms: Layouts
Stack Absolute Relative Grid ContentView ScrollView Frame

Xamarin.Forms: Controls
ActivityIndicator BoxView Button DatePicker Editor
Entry Image Label ListView Map
OpenGLView Picker ProgressBar SearchBar Slider
Stepper TableView TimePicker WebView EntryCell
ImageCell SwitchCell TextCell ViewCell

Xamarin Forms Demo

Real Apps

Extended Product Line (Some Pre-Release)

Xamarin Test Cloud

Xamarin Test Cloud Customers

Xamarin Android Player
▪ Super fast hardware accelerated
simulator
▪ Available on Mac and PC
▪ Free for Xamarin Customers

▪ Exception Reporting
▪ Custom Reporting

▪ Event Tracking
▪ Performance Tracking

▪ Match exceptions
to users

Sketches
▪ Live Coding Environment

Xamarin Profiler Preview
▪ Analyse performance of your apps

Profitable Innovative Company
▪ Yes, the platform does cost money but that’s
GREAT!
▪ It gives them money to solve more problems!
▪ It gives them money to build the ecosystem!

Q & A
Michael Ridland
michael@michaelridland.com
@rid00z
www.michaelridland.com

Introduction to Xamarin

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