You can build and run part of the samples if you have a Windows 10 system or a Mac. To build and run all of the samples, you need a Windows 10 system and a Mac.
The sample code for this chapter contains these projects and solutions:
- HelloAndroid (a simple Xamarin.Android project)
- HelloiOS (a simple Xamarin.iOS project for the iPhone)
- BooksAppX (Xamarin.Forms)
- BooksAppX (shared project with views, container registrations, and services)
- BooksAppX.Android (hosting project for Android)
- BooksAppX.iOS (hosting project for iOS)
- BooksAppX.UWP (hosting project for UWP)
- BooksLib (library from the folder PatternsXamarinShared, view models and services)
- Framework (library from the folder PatternsXamarinShared, generic view models, MVVM core classes)
Requirements:
- For the Android and iOS projects, you can use Visual Studio for Mac and a Mac
- For the UWP project, a Windows 10 system is required
- To compile the iOS projects, a Mac is required - also if you use Visual Studio on Windows
To build and run the samples with Visual Studio, please install:
- Visual Studio 2017 Update 5 with the workload Mobile Development with .NET.
For code comments and issues please check Professional C#'s GitHub Repository
Please check my blog csharp.christiannagel.com for additional information for topics covered in the book.
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