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Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

By : Can Bilgin
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Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

Hands-On Mobile Development with .NET Core

3.4 (5)
By: Can Bilgin

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)
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Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Section 1: .NET Core and Cross-Platform Philosophy
Section 1: .NET Core and Cross-Platform Philosophy
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Getting Started with .NET Core
Getting Started with .NET Core
Cross-platform development
Introduction to .NET Core
.NET Foundation
Developing with .NET Core
Summary
3
Xamarin, Mono, and .NET Standard
Xamarin, Mono, and .NET Standard
Introduction to Xamarin
Creating your first Xamarin application
Xamarin on iOS – Mono Touch
Xamarin on Android – Mono Droid
Xamarin.Forms
Using .NET Standard with Xamarin
Extending the reach
Summary
4
Universal Windows Platform
Universal Windows Platform
Universal Windows Platform
Creating UWP applications
XAML Standard
.NET Standard and .NET Native
Platform extensions
Summary
5
Section 2: Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
Section 2: Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
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Developing Mobile Applications with Xamarin
Developing Mobile Applications with Xamarin
Xamarin versus Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin application anatomy
Selecting the presentation architecture
Useful architectural patterns
Summary
7
UI Development with Xamarin
UI Development with Xamarin
Application layout
Implementing navigation structure
Using Xamarin.Forms and native controls
Creating data-driven views
Summary
8
Customizing Xamarin.Forms
Customizing Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.Forms development domains
Xamarin.Forms shared domain
Customizing native domains
Creating custom controls
Summary
9
Section 3: Azure Cloud Services
Section 3: Azure Cloud Services
10
Azure Services for Mobile Applications
Azure Services for Mobile Applications
An overview of Azure services
Data stores
Azure serverless
Development services
Summary
11
Creating a Datastore with Cosmos DB
Creating a Datastore with Cosmos DB
The basics of Cosmos DB 
Data access models
Modeling data
Cosmos DB in depth
Summary
12
Creating Microservices Azure App Services
Creating Microservices Azure App Services
Choosing the right app model
Creating our first microservice
Integrating with Redis cache
Hosting the services
Securing the application
Summary
13
Using .NET Core for Azure Serverless
Using .NET Core for Azure Serverless
Understanding Azure Serverless
Developing Azure Functions
Developing a Logic App
Integration with Azure services
Summary
14
Section 4: Advanced Mobile Development
Section 4: Advanced Mobile Development
15
Fluid Applications with Asynchronous Patterns
Fluid Applications with Asynchronous Patterns
Utilizing tasks and awaitables
Asynchronous execution patterns
Native asynchronous execution
Summary
16
Managing Application Data
Managing Application Data
Improving HTTP performance with transient caching
Persistent data cache using SQLite
Data access patterns
Understanding Realm
Summary
17
Engaging Users with Notifications and the Graph API
Engaging Users with Notifications and the Graph API
Understanding Native Notification Services
Azure Notification Hub
Creating a notification service
The Graph API and Project Rome
Summary
18
Introducing Cognitive Services
Introducing Cognitive Services
Understanding Cognitive Services
Speech APIs
Computer vision
Search API
Summary
19
Section 5: Application Life Cycle Management
Section 5: Application Life Cycle Management
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Azure DevOps and Visual Studio App Center
Azure DevOps and Visual Studio App Center
Using Azure DevOps and Git
Creating Xamarin application packages
App Center for Xamarin
Distribution with AppCenter
App Center telemetry and diagnostics 
Summary
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Application Telemetry with Application Insights
Application Telemetry with Application Insights
Collecting insights for Xamarin applications
Collecting telemetry data for Azure Service
Analyzing data
Summary
22
Automated Testing
Automated Testing
Maintaining application integrity with tests
Maintaining cross-module integrity with integration tests
Automated UI tests
Summary
23
Deploying Azure Modules
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Deploying Azure Modules
Creating an ARM template
ARM template concepts
Using Azure DevOps for ARM templates
Deploying .NET Core applications
Summary
24
CI/CD with Azure DevOps
CI/CD with Azure DevOps
Introducing CI/CD
CI/CD with GitFlow
The QA process
Creating and using release templates
Summary
25
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Deploying Azure Modules

Azure services are bundled into so-called resource groups for easy management and deployment. Each resource group can be represented with an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template, which, in turn, can be used for multiple configurations and specific environment deployments. In this chapter, we will be configuring the ARM template for Azure-hosted web services, as well as other cloud resources (such as Cosmos DB, Notification Hubs, and others) that we have previously used, so that we can create deployments using the Azure DevOps build-and-release pipeline. Introducing configuration values into the templates and preparing them to create staging environments is our main focus in this chapter.

The following sections will take you through the creation of a parameterized, environment-specific resource group template:

  • Creating an ARM template
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