Mastering Xamarin.Forms

Adding MVVM to the app

The first step of introducing MVVM into an app is to set up the structure by adding folders that will represent the core tenants of the pattern—Models, ViewModels, and Views. Traditionally, the Models and ViewModels live in a core library (usually a portable class library), while the Views live in a platform-specific library. However, thanks to the power of the Xamarin.Forms toolkit and its abstraction of platform-specific UI APIs, the Views in a Xamarin.Forms app can also live in the core library.

Tip

Just because the Views can live in the core library with the ViewModels and Models doesn't mean that separation between the user interface and the app logic isn't important.

In some mobile app architectures, the Models portion ...