Xamarin in Action

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this book

About the cover illustration

1. Getting started with Xamarin

Chapter 1. Introducing native cross-platform applications with Xamarin

1.1. Introducing Xamarin mobile apps

1.1.1. Vendor-specific native apps

1.1.2. Cordova

1.1.3. Xamarin native apps

1.1.4. Xamarin.Forms

1.1.5. Xamarin developer tools

1.1.6. Mobile-optimized development lifecycle

1.2. Creating production-quality mobile apps

1.2.1. Design

1.2.2. Develop

1.2.3. Test

1.2.4. Build

1.2.5. Distribute

1.2.6. Monitor

1.3. Rinse and repeat...

Summary

Chapter 2. Hello MVVM—creating a simple cross-platform app using MVVM

2.1. What are UI design patterns?

2.2. MVVM—the ...