Use the solutions provided in this book to handle common challenges in Xamarin.Forms that are
encountered on a daily basis. Working examples and techniques are presented that you can modify
and drop directly into your own projects. You will be able to deliver working code faster than
ever. Examples are made available through GitHub maximizing the convenience and value this
book provides to Xamarin.Forms developers. Solutions in the book are organized broadly into
problem domains such as user interface for applications data and security connectivity and
external services and more. Within each domain the book presents specific solutions addressing
challenges that are commonly faced. Under data and security for example you'll find specific
solutions around storing login credentials local data caching and sending authorization
tokens in HTTP requests. Not only do the solutions in the book solve specific problems they
also present best practices that can inform and improve the quality of the code that you write.
Xamarin.Forms Solutions is chock full of practical advice and code examples that no
Xamarin.Forms programmer will want to be without. The basics of Xamarin.Forms are provided for
beginning developers. What You'll Learn Know the in-depth basics of Xamarin.Forms and the inner
workings Create custom renderers and dependency services Manage the appearance of user
interfaces through styling and theming layout options rotation and animation Build
sophisticated user interfaces using a variety of controls that allow for PDF viewing barcode
interpretation searching and finding and other controls Secure your applications and
communicate securely with services via HTTP requests Sign and deploy your apps and optimize the
binary file size Who This Book Is For Those building mobile applications on the Xamarin
platform for iOS and Android. By mixing together the solutions and a thorough explanation of
the basics of Xamarin.Forms the book spans the needs of beginning through intermediate
Xamarin.Forms developers. Even experts will find a few gems to improve the quality and speed of
their application development work.
