Push notifications are the primary tools for an application infrastructure to deliver a message to the user. They are used to broadcast updates to users, send notifications based on certain actions, and engage them for customer satisfaction or according to metrics. On the other hand, the Microsoft Graph API is a service that provides a unified gateway to data that's accumulated through Office 365, Windows 10, and other Microsoft services. This chapter will explain, in short, how notifications and the Graph API can be used to improve user engagement by taking advantage of push notifications. We will be creating a notification implementation for cross-platform applications using Azure Notification Hub. We will also create so-called activity entries for our application sessions so that we can create a timeline that is accessible...
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Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core
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Overview of this book
.NET Core is the general umbrella term used for Microsoft’s cross-platform toolset. Xamarin, used for developing mobile applications, is one of the app model implementations for .NET Core infrastructure.
In this book, you'll learn how to design, architect, and develop attractive, maintainable, and robust mobile applications for multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and UWP, with the toolset provided by Microsoft using Xamarin, .NET Core, and Azure Cloud Services. This book will take you through various phases of application development using Xamarin, from environment setup, design, and architecture to publishing, with the help of real-world scenarios. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to develop mobile apps using Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, and .NET Standard. You'll even be able to implement a web-based backend composed of microservices with .NET Core using various Azure services including, but not limited to, Azure App Services, Azure Active Directory, Notification Hub, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and Cognitive Services. The book then guides you in creating data stores using popular database technologies such as Cosmos DB, SQL, and Realm.
Finally, you will be able to set up an efficient and maintainable development pipeline to manage the application life cycle using Visual Studio App Center and Visual Studio Services.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Preface
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Section 1: .NET Core and Cross-Platform Philosophy
Getting Started with .NET Core
Xamarin, Mono, and .NET Standard
Universal Windows Platform
Section 2: Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
Developing Mobile Applications with Xamarin
UI Development with Xamarin
Customizing Xamarin.Forms
Section 3: Azure Cloud Services
Azure Services for Mobile Applications
Creating a Datastore with Cosmos DB
Creating Microservices Azure App Services
Using .NET Core for Azure Serverless
Section 4: Advanced Mobile Development
Fluid Applications with Asynchronous Patterns
Managing Application Data
Engaging Users with Notifications and the Graph API
Introducing Cognitive Services
Section 5: Application Life Cycle Management
Azure DevOps and Visual Studio App Center
Application Telemetry with Application Insights
Automated Testing
Deploying Azure Modules
CI/CD with Azure DevOps
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