MobiDevDay Detorit - Native Cross Platform Mobile with Xamarin and C#

Create iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows Phone apps in C#. Reuse code, and leverage existing .NET libraries and frameworks, while applying the same C# skillset everywhere to create truly native apps across mobile platforms. This session looks at why you'll love using Xamarin's popular mobile development tools to create native applications to increase productivity, while creating a first class native user experience across the most popular mobile platforms. This isn't your grandmother's hybrid web app, this is real native, platform API's, and raw power.

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1. Jonathan Dick DBA / Developer Xamarin Insider jondick@gmail.com @redth Native Cross Platform Mobile with Xamarin and C#
2. I’ve  Evolved.
3. Delight Developers!
4. Brief History Lesson • Mono Project Open Source .NET for ALL • Novell originally owned: MonoTouch Mono for Android • Attachmate bought Novell • Xamarin Founded Awesomeness ensued
5. Why Xamarin? • C# all the things! • REAL Native Apps • Native UI, Native API’s • High Performance • Code Sharing / Skill Reuse • Debugging • Excellent Documentation & Resources
6. Xamarin Studio
7. Visual Studio Support
8. Android Designer
9. Xamarin iOS Designer
10. Why C# is Awesome • Generics • Linq • Async / Await • Anonymous Methods • Action / Func • Lambda’s
11. C#... it just feels right!
12. C#... it just feels right! Java Ac-vity  Registra-on  /  Bu:on  Click
13. Xamarin Appcelerator Sencha Native Performance Full Native UI & Apps Write once run everywhere HTML 5 Support About the Alternatives
14. Write once, run anywhere
15. “The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5 rather than native” Mark Zuckerberg
16. “There are a few things that are critically missing” “It’s not that HTML5 isn’t ready; it’s that the ecosystem doesn’t support it” “...getting that smoothness, we felt like we needed native to really do that well.” Kiran Prasad
17. Reuse code where it makes sense, but leverage each platform’s native UX Do the Smart Thing
18. HOW DOES IT WORK?
19. Magic!!!1
20. But Seriously...
21. Cross Platform Story
22. Reuse Code! • Typical to Reuse 40-60% Web Service calls Business Logic SQLite / Data • MVVM Pattern • Games have higher reuse potential
23. • NuGet • Open Source Leverage Existing Awesome
24. Component Store
25. Code Sharing: iCircuit 70% 30% 86% 14% 90% 10% Shared Not  Shared http://tinyurl.com/icircuit-code-sharing
26. #MVVMCross • Model View View Model Pattern • Binding to Views • https://github.com/slodge/MvvmCross • Stuart Lodge (aka ‘Hodges‘ or @slodge)
27. • Open Source Implementation of XNA 4.x • OpenGL / DirectX • Runs Everywhere. Really Windows, iOS, Android OUYA, Playstation Mobile Xbox360 • Bastion • Draw a Stickman Epic • Infinite Flight MonoGame
28. Xamarin.Mobile • Contacts • Camera / Image Chooser • Geo Location • Available on Component Store
29. Xamarin Test Cloud
30. To the (Test) Cloud! • LessPainful++ • Any iOS or Android App • Test on 100’s of Physical Devices • Performance Monitoring • Visual Test Results • App Explorer Mode • Behavior Driven Dev • Write Tests in C# or Ruby
33. DEMO
34. Q&A
35. All the things • Me - http://redth.info - http://github.com/Redth - @redth • Xamarin - http://xamarin.com - @xamarinhq • http://xamarin.com/test-cloud - http://components.xamarin.com • iCircuit - http://tinyurl.com/icircuit-code-sharing - @praeclarum • MVVMCross - http://github.com/slodge/mvvmcross - @slodge • Greg Shackles - Get his book! - @gshackles • MonoGame - http://www.monogame.net • Evolve Videos: http://xamarin.com/Evolve/2013/
36. THANK YOU