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Xamarin.Forms a

different approach to

native cross-platform

mobile developmentDan Ciprian

Ardelean

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Xamarin – Your Complete Mobile

Solution

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WHAT IS NATIVE DEVELOPMENT?

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Silo Approach

iOS WindowsAndroid

Objective-C

Xcode

C#

Visual Studio

Java

Android Studio

No shared code • Many languages & development environments • Multiple teams

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Write Once, Run Anywhere

App Generator

Lua

Javascript

Actionscript

HTML+CSS

Limited native API access • Slow performance • Poor user experience

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Xamarin’s Unique Approach

Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance

iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI

Shared C# Mobile

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Anything you can do in Objective-C, Swift, or Java

can be done in C# and Visual Studio with Xamarin.

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● Traditional Xamarin Approach

Xamarin + Xamarin.Forms

●With Xamarin.Forms:

More code-sharing, all native

iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI

Shared C# Backend

Shared UI Code

Shared C# Backend

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Xamarin’s Unique Approach

Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance

iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI

Shared C# Mobile C# Server

Linux/Mono

.NetCoreAzure

Shared C# Client/Server

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What’s included

✓ 40+ Pages, layouts, and controls

(Build from code behind or XAML)

✓ Two-way data binding

✓ Navigation

✓ Animation API

✓ Dependency Service

✓ Messaging Center

Shared C# Backend

Shared UI Code

DEMO

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Xamarin is included

in Visual Studio

Xamarin is included in

Visual Studio 2017

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Open Source – open.xamarin.com

thankyou

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