Use the solutions provided in this book to handle common challenges in
Xamarin.Forms that are encountered on a daily basis. Working examples
and techniques are presented that you can modify and drop directly into
your own projects. You will be able to deliver working code faster than
ever. Examples are made available through GitHub, maximizing the
convenience and value this book provides to Xamarin.Forms developers.
Solutions in the book are organized broadly into problem domains such as
user interface for applications, data and security, connectivity and
external services, and more. Within each domain the book presents
specific solutions addressing challenges that are commonly faced. Under
data and security, for example, you'll find specific solutions around
storing login credentials, local data caching, and sending authorization
tokens in HTTP requests.
Not only do the solutions in the book solve specific problems, they also
present best practices that can inform and improve the quality of the
code that you write. Xamarin.Forms Solutions is chock full of
practical advice and code examples that no Xamarin.Forms programmer will
want to be without. The basics of Xamarin.Forms are provided for
beginning developers.
**
What You'll Learn**
- Know the in-depth basics of Xamarin.Forms and the inner workings
- Create custom renderers and dependency services
- Manage the appearance of user interfaces through styling and theming,
layout options, rotation, and animation
- Build sophisticated user interfaces using a variety of controls that
allow for PDF viewing, barcode interpretation, searching and finding,
and other controls
- Secure your applications, and communicate securely with services via
HTTP requests
- Sign and deploy your apps and optimize the binary file size
**
Who This Book Is For**
Those building mobile applications on the Xamarin platform for iOS and
Android. By mixing together the solutions and a thorough explanation of
the basics of Xamarin.Forms, the book spans the needs of beginning
through intermediate Xamarin.Forms developers. Even experts will find a
few gems to improve the quality and speed of their application
development work.
