introduction to xamarin

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Introducing Xamarin 2.0

Introducing Xamarin 2.0

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What is Xamarin?

• C# and .NET for Android, iOS and Mac• Full native APIs – no compromise• Share code across Android, iOS, Mac,

Windows Phone, Windows RT, Windows• Only platform that allows sharing code across

these platforms while keeping native performance and UX

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What’s New in 2.0?

• Xamarin Studio– The best IDE for mobile development

• iOS for Visual Studio– Develop iOS apps from VS on Windows

• Component Store– Drop-in components to build apps faster

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What’s New in 2.0?

• New Pricing– An edition for every developer

• New Names– Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.Mac

• Developer Center– Massively revamped documentation website– World class tutorials and guides

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Xamarin Studio

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Xamarin Studio

• Streamlined development experience

• Responsive, beautiful user interface

• Unified global search

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Xamarin Studio

• Fast, smooth C# code navigation, completion and refactoring

• Git and subversion integration

• Powerful debugger• Available on Windows and

Mac

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iOS for Visual Studio

• Write, build, deploy and debug iOS apps from Visual Studio

• Take advantage of existing skills and extensions, for example TFS and ReSharper

• Develop for iOS, Android, Windows Phone from a single solution

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iOS for Visual Studio

• Connects to Mac over network

• Seamlessly transfers compiled C# to Mac for native build, sign

• Launch and debug on simulator or device

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Component Store

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Component Store

• Paid and free components

• Add Components to your app directly from within XS or VS

• Submit your own!

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Developer Center

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New Pricing

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Xamarin Editions

• Free Starter Edition– 32kb of user IL – around 25MB source code, cannot link native

code• Indie Edition

– Unrestricted size and native linking• Business Edition

– Visual Studio, WCF, email support• Enterprise

– App kickoff, priority support, free components• Trial

– 30 day trial of Business Edition

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Xamarin StudioQuick CodeDemo

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True Cross Platform Development

• Xamarin allows up to 80% code reuse• Use any MVVM tool to achieve high reusability• MVVMCross can be used across all platforms

(iOS, Android, WP7.5, WP8, Windows (RT))

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What’s coming?

• F# Support– Create iOS and Android apps with your favorite

functional language• Portable Class Libraries– Build libraries that can be used from multiple

frameworks, e.g. .NET 4, Xamarin.iOS, WP7• Mono 3.0 runtime– C# 5 with async support– Upgraded GC and class libraries

• Built-in iOS designer for Xamarin Studio

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Questions?