Now we get to create the individual Views used in our Xamarin cross-platform mobile app. Because many of these are quite similar, we will be excluding much of the code in XAML page documents below the first. As I am sure you already know, proper app design means separation of […]
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Now we will be able to make the connection between the MySQL database designed previously and the individual models. This connection is enabled using the interface, service and Item Manager files shown at the left. Let’s begin by explaining the interface and service together. As with the other interface we […]
We will begin with our Models directory. This is not necessarily created by the template chosen in the beginning, so you may need to right-click on the Portable Class Library (PCL) project and Add-New Folder. As you can see, most of these are created as pairs with Item and Records […]
We have a single Xamarin solution with a main project along with an individual project for each of the platforms being targeted. In this case, we are looking at the individual app designed for New York, called NYWineryHopper. We also see the Android and iOS projects. If desired, we could […]
Have you designed your own web site in the past few years? Maybe ten years in the past? I sure have. I have used straight HTML, CSS, and even JQuery. My most recent web site designs did not require any of those although they utilized those technologies and many more. […]
Make your impression in the app development world Have you been tempted to get into cross platform programming with Visual Studio 2015? You can do so with very little software investment. Does this mean that you will need to make a significant investment in hardware? That answer gets a Yes […]