Xamarin Essential Training: Create Your First App

Course details

Learn how to create your first app using Xamarin, the cross-platform development solution that helps to simplify the development process by letting developers use C# to create iOS, Android, and Windows apps. Join instructor Matt Milner as he goes over the ins and outs of the setup process, showing you how to develop apps and leverage shared libraries. Along the way, find out how to use native tools to create the user interfaces for each platform. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with new technical skills to apply layouts, create views, and more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Xamarin Essential Training
02 - What you should know
03 - Exercise files

1. Welcome to Xamarin

04 - What is Xamarin
05 - Mobile and desktop development
06 - Cross-platform code reuse

2. Xamarin on Mac

07 - Set up a Mac for development
08 - iOS and macOS applications
09 - Android on Mac
10 - Visual Studio for Mac

3. Xamarin on Windows

11 - Set up Windows for development
12 - Android on Windows
13 - Configure a Mac for remote Windows development
14 - Connect to the Mac for debugging

4. Building a Shared Library

15 - Create a .NET Standard library
16 - Define shared classes
17 - Build a data store interface
18 - Challenge
19 - Solution

5. Building an Android Application

20 - Create the Android application
21 - Work with native UI elements
22 - Test the application on an emulator
23 - Build the user interfaces
24 - Connect the data to the UI
25 - Navigate between UI elements
26 - Challenge
27 - Solution

6. Building an iOS Application

28 - Create the iOS application
29 - Define view controllers
30 - Build a storyboard
31 - Build the user interfaces
32 - Connect the data to the UI
33 - Navigate between UI elements
34 - Challenge
35 - Solution

7. Building a WinUI Application

36 - Create the WinUI application
37 - Define list view
38 - Build the user interfaces
39 - Connect the data to the UI
40 - Test the application
41 - Challenge
42 - Solution

Conclusion

43 - What's next