The document summarizes a meetup event for the Sydney Mobile .Net Developers group focused on Xamarin 3. It includes an agenda with introductions, news on Xamarin and new Lumia devices, presentations on intro to Xamarin 3 features by Alec Tucker and on Xamarin.Forms by Filip Ekberg, as well as time for food, raffle prizes, and networking at a nearby pub. Key new aspects of Xamarin 3 highlighted include the Xamarin Designer for iOS and Android, improvements to code sharing between platforms, and the Xamarin.Forms framework.

1. Sydney Mobile .Net
Developers (#SydMobNet)
Xamarin 3 Birthday Bash!
Intro to Xamarin and New Features in Xamarin 3 – Alec Tucker
Xamarin Forms – Filip Ekberg
Alec Tucker
Head of Mobile Product Development, APAC
White Clarke Group

2. Agenda
• Introductions
• News
• Intro to Xamarin and New Features in Xamarin 3 – Alec Tucker
• Xamarin.Forms – Filip Ekberg
• Pizza & Cake here
• Adjourn to the Rag & Famish down the road

3. …interspersed with food and raffles for…
• Xamarin
• Monkey
• C# Shirt
• Nokia Memorabillia
• Umbrella
• Pluralsight
• 2 x 1 month subscription
• Mindscape
• $50 vouchers

4. Leaders in Finance Technology
Atlanta, London, Munich, Shanghai, Sydney, Toronto, Venice

5. Largest Mobile Developer Conference of the Year!
www.xamarin.com/evolve

7. components.xamarin.com

8. News
• Xamarin Hack Day
– Was a great success! Watch for videos on www.xamarinhackday.com
• New Lumia Launched
– Is it a Nokia? Is it a Microsoft device? It’s a Lumia!

9. @alecdtucker
blog.alectucker.com
Intro to Xamarin and New Features in Xamarin 3
Alec Tucker
Head of Mobile Product Development, APAC
White Clarke Group

10. C# on 2.6 billion devices

12. Automatically test your app on
hundreds of mobile devices
Create native iOS, Android, Mac and
Windows apps in C#

13. Architecting
Mobile Apps

14. Silo
Approach
Build Apps
Multiple
Times

15. Write Once,
Run Anywhere
Approach
Lowest
Common
Denominator

16. Xamarin’s
Unique
Approach
Native with
Code
Sharing

17. Windows
APIs
100%
Coverage

18. iOS
APIs
100%
Coverage

19. Android
APIs
100%
Coverage

20. Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java
can be done in C# with Xamarin

21. C# runs on 2.6 Billion Devices

22. How
Xamarin
Works
 C# + .NET Runtime
 Native UI
 Native Performance

23. Why C#?  Async and await
 LINQ
 Full power of the .Net
Framework

24. What’s new in Xamarin 3

25. Major
Elements in
Xamarin 3
 Xamarin Designer for iOS
 Major IDE Enhancements
 Improved Code Sharing
 Xamarin.Forms

26. Xamarin Designer
for Android
Fully integrated into Xamarin
Studio & Visual Studio
Multi-resolution editing
Easy switch between design
and Android XML
Shipping for over 2 years

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

28. Xamarin Designer in Action

29. DEMO

30. Xamarin Studio: Beautiful New Look

31. NuGet Package Manager
Full support for using
NuGet packages
Take advantage of the
many NuGet packages
which are are now
shipping with Xamarin
compatibility – in Visual
Studio or Xamarin Studio

32. Shared Projects
The easiest way to
share code
Eliminates the hassle
of file-linking
Easier to collaborate
with other Xamarin
Studio and
Visual Studio users

33. .NET BCL Documentation
Full documentation for
the .NET Base Class
Libraries (BCL)
Recently provided to
community by
Microsoft
Integrated into
Xamarin Studio

34. First Class F# Support

35. DEMO

36. Xamarin.Forms
Filip Ekberg
Microsoft MVP
Pluralsight Author
Author of C# Smorgasbord
filip.Ekberg@readify.net
fekberg.com
@fekberg

37. Portable Class Libraries

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

39. 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

40. Pages
Content MasterDetail Navigation Tabbed Carousel

41. Layouts
Stack Absolute Relative Grid ContentView ScrollView Frame

42. 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

43. Xamarin.Forms in Action

44. DEMO

45. Xamarin 3 Recap
 Xamarin Designer for iOS
 Major IDE Enhancements
 Improved Code Sharing
 Xamarin.Forms
 So much more!

46. Try Xamarin
Today

47. Learn more
Unrivaled Mobile Development Training
Live unlimited mobile development training from mobile experts,
in your time-zone, on your schedule and as often as you'd like

48. Key Attendees

49. Get Started Today: xamarin.com/download

50. Questions / Discussion / Food
• Pizza and cake
• Retire to the bar

51. Contact Details / References
Group
• http://www.meetup.com/SydneyMobileDotNetDevelopers/
Xamarin
• www.xamarin.com
• evolve.xamarin.com
• university.xamarin.com
Microsoft
• www.lalaninja.com.au
• dvlup.com
• wp.msdeveloper.com.au
Further Contacts
Filip Ekberg
• filip.ekberg@readify.net
• @fekberg
• fekberg.com
Alec Tucker
• atucker@whiteclarkegroup.com
• @alecdtucker
• blog.alectucker.com
• linkedin.com/in/alectucker