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In this video we'll review what we covered in this course and what are some good next steps. There is a vibrant community of developers that are eager to help whenever you have questions.
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Let's review what we covered in this course, and discuss the next steps.
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We covered the basics of Xamarin, with an overview of how we can
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use C# to develop cross-platform mobile applications.
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We created a mobile app that worked on Android and
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IOS, and we set up our development environment, so we can debug our app.
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And lastly,
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we created a portable class library to share code across our target platforms.
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You should now have the basic building blocks in place to create your own complex
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apps, but your journey with learning Xamarin doesn't end here.
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You should also look at frameworks that work with Xamarin to make your development
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job easier.
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Xamarin.Forms is a great platform,
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which allows you to describe the UI with markup language called XAML,
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and it's used on all platforms to render native controls.
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This allows you to write a single UI for all your apps target platforms.
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MvvmCross, or MVX, is also a nice framework, which lets you share
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code using an MVVM pattern that binds to each native interface.
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It also has many plugins to access native frameworks to increase code sharing.
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See the teacher's notes for information about these frameworks.
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Xamarin has a vibrant community of developers that are eager to
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answer questions and help solve problems.
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So make sure to check on the Forum for help.
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Check out the teacher's notes for links to the Xamarin forums.
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Good luck with creating new apps using the Xamarin platform.
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