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5. Establishing the Architecture

Gerald Versluis

(1)Sittard, The Netherlands

The first part of this book is all about the concepts of Xamarin.Forms. In this second part, we will look how Xamarin.Forms is used in an actual app that is in the store and has thousands of downloads. The app I will be using is the “been pwned” app and is available for iOS and Android. This chapter starts by telling you about the app, and then we will venture into its inner workings.

Before we can do anything, we need to establish the architecture. I will share how I like to set up a Xamarin.Forms app with the use of MVVM and how I structure the different projects. ...

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