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Cross Platform Development with C#

Gitte Vermeiren@gittetitter

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MvvmCross

Can we do this?

XamarinPortable

Class Library

MvvmCross

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Xamarin

Xamarin for Android/iOS

Business Logic

UI Logic

WP iOS Droid Win8

Data Access

Business Logic

Service Interface

Service Consumption Local Data/Services

Xamarin

C#

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Portable Class Library

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• WPF – 4.5+• Windows Store (WinRT)• Windows Phone – 7.1+• Xamarin.Android• Xamarin.iOS

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Demo: PCL

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get/set Propertiescall Commands

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Cross PlatformPlatform Specific

Separation of

Concerns

Designable (Blend)

More structure

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TestableDatabinding

Code reuse

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Nuget packages

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Demo: simple project setup

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Demo: taking it one step further

To Sum Up

• Easy to use• One code base• You gotta love MVVM

Resources

Xamarin.comSlodge.blogspot.comJson2csharp.com