Pranav Ainavolu presented on designing cross-platform user interfaces with Xamarin.Forms, which allows building native mobile apps using shared C# code. Xamarin.Forms provides pre-built UI elements that map to native mobile controls, and allows mixing shared code with platform-specific APIs. The presentation demonstrated pages, layouts, and controls available in Xamarin.Forms and included a demo.

1. Pranav Ainavolu
Microsoft User Group Hyderabad
@a_pranav | http://pranavon.net
Designing cross-platform User Interface
with native performance using
Xamarin.Forms

2. Portable Class Libraries

3. Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms
With Xamarin.Forms:
more code-sharing, native controls
Traditional Xamarin approach
Shared UI Code

4. Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms
Shared UI Code
Quickly and easily build native user
interfaces using shared code
Xamarin.Forms elements map to
native controls and behaviors
Mix-and-match Xamarin.Forms with
native APIs

5. Pages
Content MasterDetail Navigation Tabbed Carousel

6. Layouts
Stack Absolute Relative Grid ContentView ScrollView Frame

7. 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

8. Xamarin.Forms in Action

9. DEMO

10. Get Started Today: xamarin.com/download