building android apps using xamarin

Developing Android Apps

Using Xamarin

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What’s Xamarin

C# & Android

Prerequisites for writing an Android app

using Xamarin

Understand basics of an Android App built

using Xamarin

Agenda

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Windows Phone Apps – C# & XAML iPhone Apps – Objective C Android Apps – Java

Current Scenario in App Building

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Learning a New Language!

Time Consuming to become a pro!

Different IDEs

Different Development Environments!

Problems faced….

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Founded by Nat Friedman & Miguel de Icaza

Mono for Android

Use C# to write your Android App

Write Android Apps using Visual Studio

Introducing Xamarin

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http://xamarin.com/download

Setting up Xamarin

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Setup continued…

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Android Application

Android Honeycomb Application

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Application

Android OpenGL Application

Android Class Library

Java Bindings Library

Android Templates

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Properties folder

◦ Contains the manifest

References folder

◦ All References

Assets folder

◦ Files required at runtime by the app.

Resources folder

◦ Most Important folder

Activity1.cs file

◦ Starting Point

Understanding the basics…

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Lets Build an App now!

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Introduction to Xamarin

Understanding basics of Android App building using

Xamarin

Demo apps

Summary

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