Skip to Content
Xamarin in Action
book

Xamarin in Action

by Jim Bennett
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
608 pages
21h 45m
English
Manning Publications
Content preview from Xamarin in Action

About the cover illustration

The illustration on the cover of Xamarin in Action bears the caption “Bostandji bachi.” The literal translation is “chief gardener,” but the Bostandjis of the Turkish sultan had powers and responsibilities ranging far beyond the sultan’s gardens to his palaces and supervising the police of the capital. The illustration is taken from a collection of costumes of the Ottoman Empire published on January 1, 1802, by William Miller of Old Bond Street, London. The title page is missing from the collection, and we’ve so far been unable to track it down. The book’s table of contents identifies the figures in both English and French, and each illustration also bears the names of two artists who worked on it, both of whom would ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook

Xamarin Mobile Development for Android Cookbook

Matthew Leibowitz
Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

Jonathan Peppers, George Taskos, Can Bilgin

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781617294389Publisher SupportOtherPublisher WebsiteSupplemental ContentPurchase Link