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Getting Started with Xamarin.Essentials in Xamarin.Forms
Want to learn how you can use native iOS and Android features using C# from a single cross platform app? In this practical course, you'll learn how to do so by building a Xamarin.Forms application with Xamarin.Essentials.
What you'll learn
At the core of mobile app development is a thorough knowledge of native functionality offered on each platform. In this course, Getting Started with Xamarin.Essentials in Xamarin.Forms, you will gain an understanding of how to leverage these unique operating system and platform services through one common C# API. First, you will learn how to use device services such as geolocation, geocoding and text-to-speech. Next, you will explore device sensors such as the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass. Finally, you will discover how to integrate with other apps including maps, phone and email. In total, you'll learn 33 native feature that Xamarin.Essentials unlocks on Android, iOS, and UWP devices. When you are finished with this course, you will be able to apply the different components of Xamarin.Essentials to bring native features into your own Xamarin.Forms project
About the author
David has spent the last 12 years working with a range of technologies, such as NServiceBus, .NET Core, Xamarin and AWS to build full stack distributed applications from Sydney, Australia
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