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If you know C# and have an iOS device, learn to use one language for multiple devices with Xamarin
Overview
- A clear and concise look at how to create your own apps building on what you already know of C#
- Create advanced and elegant apps by yourself
- Ensure that the majority of your code can also be used with Android and Windows Mobile 8 devices
In Detail
Before the release of monotouch, development on iOS was purely in Objective C. There was nothing wrong with that except for one thing - its very unpleasant to write code in! The release of Xamarin changed all of that, and with it brought cross-platform development to the mobile world.
Xamarin Mobile Application Development for iOS is not just your normal everyday book on iOS app development. Everything is written for a point and not for effect, and therefore you will learn everything you need to know quickly and efficiently without getting bogged down in needless information. The code has been taken from fully tested apps, so you can just drop it into your code and it will work out of the box.
In this clear and informative guide, you will be taken on a whirlwind tour of iOS application development with Xamarin, from setting up a development environment on your PC or Mac to testing and distribution through the Apple Store with plenty of practical examples along the way.
The book begins by discussing the installation of the IDE (for both PC and Mac) as well as how to set up your PC so it can be used to develop for iOS. From there, successive chapters cover the user interface, views, view controllers, customisation of controls, animation, events and event handling, getting the most from your app using threading, creating your own settings system, the internal database system and LINQ, sending texts, making calls, taking photos, videos, and audio recordings as well as using the mapping system. The book culminates by showing you how to test your app using testflight and finally how to release your app on the Apple Store. It is an all-encompassing book that leaves nothing out.
What you will learn from this book
- Create a working user interface
- Understand and write a cross-platform configuration system
- Learn how to create an SQLite helper system and master the basics of LINQ
- Use and manipulate graphics
- Get the most out of your iOS device with very little code
- Publish your very own app on Apples app store
- Come to terms with threading in a mobile world
Approach
This book is a standard tutorial aimed at teaching you everything you need to know about iOS app development using Xamarin.
Who this book is written for
This book is written for those who are new to iOS app development as well as more experienced developers who just need a quick reference book. It is assumed that you are already comfortable using C#. Those teaching iOS to new students will also find this book invaluable as a form of reference material.
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First published: October 2013
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Paul F. Johnson has been writing about software since the days of the old 8-bit micros in the 1980s, with his first piece on software being published in 1984 for BBC Micro. From there, his passion to learn and develop increased, along with his love for chemistry. For many years, he married the two at the University of Salford, culminating in commercial work for RiscStation Ltd. as well as working on the award winning Scribus desktop publishing application.
For many years, he contributed a great amount of time to the Fedora Project (a community-based Linux distribution sponsored by RedHat) and, in 2002, he started becoming interested in the Mono project from Ximian. That was the beginning of the end of his time in the field of education and, over the next 10 years, he learned how to code in VB.NET. and C#. Ximian was sold to Novell, which was in turn bought out, and from that, Xamarin was born. The rest is history.
With the advent of a workable .NET system that can be used in a non-Windows environment, the stage was set for the hard work to begin. When Xamarin released monodroid, he could see that his years of learning could now be turned into a profit.He started developing code full-time for the platform. Shortly afterwards, he began working on iOS devices as well.
At the start of 2013 he, along with Andrei and his good friend Scott, formed Sporkish, the objective being to produce unbeatable software for the mobile world.
This is his first foray into the world of books, though he has had many articles published in the Overload and C Vu journals of Association of C and C++ Users (he edited the latter for over a year). He is currently developing mobile applications for Farmtrack Pty (Australia) and HelloU (London, UK), and is in discussions with Packt Publishing on the publication of another book, this time on AI and Expert Systems.
Paul is 42, lives with his wife, dog, cats, and son, and drinks way too much coffee!
There are many people I have to thank for their assistance with this book. My biggest thanks has to go to my wife Becki and son Richard, who have had to put up with me working three jobs at once in order to get this done. I should also mention my daughter Ashleigh, for bringing me biscuits and fizzy drinks while I worked.
I'd like to thank my parents for the great lesson that the best way to get ahead in life is to get off your backside and do it. Without them getting me my first computers, this book would never have been written and I'd still be in some awful FE College somewhere, teaching the same things day after day.
Jock and William at Farmtrack have been a great source of inspiration, without whom this book would probably have not been written by methey really gave me my iOS break; so thanks guys, this is down to you and your belief in me.
I must also thank Scott. He probably doesn't know how much of an influence he has been on me in these last five years. His hand has guided, shaped, and smacked me when I needed to be and without his encouragement I would have never have left education. All this, when I have never even met him. I will one day, and until then, our 5-hour Skype calls shall continue.
Have I missed anyone? Well, in no particular order
Willow, John King (Southport College), Dr. Derek Bloor (University of Salford; sadly, no longer with us), Dr. Trevor Crowley, Roger Darlington, Dr. Andrew Hill, Trevor Green (HelloU), Neil Hewitt (South Cheshire College), Yogesh and Akash at Packt Publishing for being patient, and Steve Hopley and Chris Ignatius (St Helens College). Roy Heslop at CTA Direct deserves a big mention for helping me out when my computer decided to die. And not forgetting Andrei either!
This book is dedicated to anyone who wants to learn and wants to progress.
Enjoy!
Paul
Newton-le-Willows, 10th Sept 2013
Yaroslav Bigus is an expert in building cross-platform web and mobile apps. He has over four years experience in development and has worked for companies in Leeds and New York. He has been using the .NET Framework stack for developing back-end systems, JavaScript for front-end systems, and Xamarin for mobile devices.
He has also worked at CTN Systems (New York, USA) and Fluid Four (Leeds, GB). He is now working for an Israeli startup called yRuler.
I'd like to thank my mother Lesya for all the love and attention that she showered on me to make me a good human being. Also, my dear friends and my lovely woman for being with me during hard times.
John Goodwin was born in 1979 on South Korean soil as an American citizen to US Army parents. He moved a lot with his family, eventually spending much of his youth in Washington State.
After meeting his wife Jane, he moved to California, where he soon became employed as a professional software developer for a company in Canoga Park, CA, known as Cyberspace Headquarters, LLC. While working there for several years, he progressed from the the new guy to Lead Software Developer, in charge of two or sometimes three other software developers as well as off-shore development projects. The economic downturn of IT companies post 9/11 eventually took its toll, and he moved with his wife further out of the city to look elsewhere for employment.
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