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5. Building Android Applications

Alessandro Del Sole

(1)Cremona, Italy

Android is one of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and smart TVs. There are many reasons for its success, but two are probably the most relevant: it runs on an incredibly large variety of hardware configurations, which allows users to choose between high-level and cheaper devices, and it is highly customizable.

Android natively relies on the Java runtime and libraries, but with Xamarin and its Xamarin.Android flavor you can build apps for Android using C# and Visual Studio, thus reusing many ...

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