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Mastering Xamarin.Forms

You're reading from Mastering Xamarin.Forms Build rich, maintainable multiplatform native mobile apps with Xamarin.Forms

Product type Hardcover

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788290265

Length 192 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Xamarin

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Ed Snider

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER

2. MVVM and Data Binding

3. Navigation

4. Platform Specific Services and Dependency Injection

5. User Interface

6. API Data Access

7. Authentication

8. Testing

9. App Monitoring

10. Other Books You May Enjoy

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User Interface

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

Leveraging platform-specific APIs to extend the default behavior of Xamarin.Forms controls with custom renderers
Manipulating the visual appearance of bound data with value converters
Leveraging basic accessibility APIs so that a user interface is friendly and easy to use for all audiences

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Authors (1)

Ed Snider

Ed Snider

Ed Snider is a senior software developer, speaker, author, and Microsoft MVP based in the Washington D.C./Northern Virginia area. He has a passion for mobile design and development and regularly speaks about Xamarin and Windows app development in the community. Ed works at InfernoRed Technology, where his primary role is working with clients and partners to build mobile and media focused products on iOS, Android, and Windows. He started working with the .NET framework in 2005 when .NET 2.0 came out and has been building mobile apps with .NET since 2011. Ed blogs at edsnider[dot]net and can be found on Twitter at twitter[dot]com/edsnider.

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