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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

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

Material Design, which is the most prominent UI pattern for Android applications; Apple's human interface guidelines; and finally, UWP's Fluid UI language, can make it overwhelming for UX designers and developers to decide on an application design. Factors to consider include, but are not limited to, user expectations of the target platform and branding-related product owners requirements regardless of the platform.

In this chapter, we will take a look at certain UI patterns that allow developers and UX designers to create a compromise between user expectations and product demands to create a product with a consistent UX across all platforms. The following topics will walk you through creating the skeleton of our sample application:

  • Application layout
  • Implementing navigation structure
  • Using Xamarin.Forms and native controls
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