Xamarin Certification Training

• Learn why Xamarin is so popular with cross platform native application development
• Understand all about XAML, data binding and controls, and how to use them effectively within your Xamarin. Forms applications
• Learn how to build native mobile apps for iOS and Android platforms and take your app development strategy to the next level
• Learn how to write cross platform UI code in a simple and concise manner, and run the applications 
• Learn the common data access patterns for Xamarin’s iOS and Android platforms

• Good Understanding of C#/.NET Programming Concepts
• Good Understanding of OOPS Concepts
• Basic Knowledge of OS X usage and navigation would be desired, not mandatory

1. Starting with Xamarin Studio

• Xamarin Studio overview
• Installing Xamarin Forms
• Beginning Xamarin Trial Development
• Licensing for compiling and testing Xamarin Forms Apps
• Visual Studio plug-in for Building Apps with Forms (only for windows Machines)

2. Xamarin.in.iOS and Xamarin.Android

• iOS Application Structure
• Android Application Structure
• Native Platform features and Architectures
• iOS and Android Life Cycle
• How do Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android Interact and Compile to Native Environments.
• Calling native functions and libraries.
• Compiling and Running Native Builds.
• How do these Native SDKs differ from Xamarin Forms.

3. Controls

• Basic Controls – Editor, Images, Labels
• TableView Control and ListView Control
• Custom Controls For each platform
• Accessing Native Controls via Dependency Service and Dependency Injection

4. Web Services

• Web View Control
• Accessing Web Services on each platform

5. Platform Tweaks

• Accessing Native Features of platforms
• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Communications
• Using Compiled Libraries (Subject to Source, target platform and format of library).
• Using Dependency Services for Platform Specific Libraries.

6. Cross-platform options

• Shared Projects
• PCL Solution

7. Xamarin Forms

• Introduction to Forms
• Xamarin Forms XAML basicso
• Building Controls with XAML and C#
• Data Binding
• Working with Controls
• Controlling Styles and Custom Controls

8. Database Access

• The Native Directory Structures
• Using SQLite with different platforms in PCL
• Using SQLite with different platforms in Shared Project
• Accessing Application Folders and Shared Folders
• Adapting the Code to Platform specific Folder structure
• Accessing resources from Shared resources

9. Accessing Application Resources

• Accessing resources from Android Project
• Accessing resources from iOS Project
• Accessing resources from Shared Code Project

10. Wrap Up

• Optimizing the Compile Resources and Libraries
• Tweaking the compiler settings for Processing
• Localization using RESX Resource
• Testing and Publishing