iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook - Softcover

Dimitris Tavlikos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849698929 ISBN 13: 9781849698924

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Xamarin, the newest edition of MonoTouch, is a standard for enterprise mobile development. No other platform enables businesses to reach all major devices iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows with fully native apps from a single code base. It enables you to develop cross-platform applications quickly and efficiently. Xamarin boasts a whole host of new features, including Xamarin Studio for developing applications with C# and and also testing and debugging them.

This book will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to be part of the mobile development era, using the C# programming language. Covering a wide range of recipes such as creating a simple application and using device features effectively, it will be your companion to the complete application development cycle.

Starting from the basics of installing the necessary tools, you will be guided step-by-step on everything you need to produce an application ready to be deployed. You will learn the best practices for interacting with the device hardware, such as the GPS, compass, and the accelerometer. Furthermore, you will be able to manage multimedia resources such as photos and videos captured with the device camera and many more!

About this title

About the Author

Dimitris Tavlikos is a freelance software developer living in Greece. With over 10 years of professional experience as a programmer, he specializes in mobile application development with clients all over the world. Dimitris has a passion for programming and he has been recently awarded the Xamarin MVP designation for his work. He has written a book on iOS development and has written various articles on his blog.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849698929
• ISBN 13: 9781849698924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400