Mastering Xamarin.Forms - Second Edition

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started, will start off by quickly reviewing the basics of the Xamarin.Forms toolkit. We will then walk through building a simple app with Xamarin.Forms, called TripLog. The TripLog app will serve as the foundation that we build upon throughout the rest of the book by applying new techniques and concepts in each subsequent chapter.

Chapter 2, MVVM and Data Binding, will introduce the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern and the benefits of using it in a mobile app architecture. We will then walk through updating the TripLog app with ViewModels that provide data context for the app's pages through data binding.

Chapter 3, Navigation, will explain how navigation works in Xamarin.Forms and some approaches ...