Xamarin is a development platform that allows for cross-platform mobile app development using C#, enabling code sharing across iOS, Android, and Windows. It provides tools for building mobile apps, including Xamarin Studio and integration with Visual Studio. The platform supports native development and utilizes common frameworks such as Xamarin.Forms to enhance UI development.

1. What is Xamarin?

2. Native?

3. Dev Tools from Apple
OS:
• Mac OS X
IDE:
• Xcode
Languages:
• Objective-C
• Swift
Mobile Targets:
• iOS

4. Dev Tools from Google
OS:
• Windows
• Mac OS X
• Linux
IDE:
• Android Studio
Language:
• Java
Mobile Targets:
• Android

5. Dev Tools from Xamarin https://www.xamarin.com/studio
OS:
• Windows
• Mac OS X
IDE:
• Xamarin Studio
Language:
• C#
Mobile Targets:
• iOS
• Android
• Windows

6. Dev Tools from Microsoft
OS:
• Windows
IDE:
• Visual Studio
Language:
• C#
Mobile Targets:
• iOS *
• Android
• Windows
* iOS development on Windows requires accessible Mac OS build host

7. Xamarin Development Environments

8. Why?

9. Option A: iOS Only with Apple Tools

10. Option B: Android Only with Google Tools

11. Option C: iOS + Android with both

12. Option D: PhoneGap / Cordova
Start with HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript  Use PhoneGap  Deploy to platforms

13. Option E: Xamarin!
“Use the same language, APIs and data structures to share an average
of 75% of app code across all mobile development platforms. Build user
interfaces with Xamarin.Forms and share nearly 100%.”

14. C# Language Features: var keyword

15. C# Language Features: async + await

16. C# Language Features: Generics

17. C# Language Features: Lambda syntax

18. Demo

19. Next Steps

20. Intro to Mobile Development

21. Hello, iOS

22. Hello, Android

23. Intro to Xamarin.Forms

24. Q & A

25. Email: info@snovasys.com Call us: (44) 203 289 4741