Summary
In this chapter, we discovered the Xamarin.Mobile library and how it can accelerate common native tasks in a cross-platform way. We retrieved the contacts from the address book and set up GPS location updates over time. Lastly, we loaded photos from the camera and photo library. Using the native APIs directly would mean twice as much code on each platform, so we saw how the Xamarin.Mobile library is a useful abstraction that can reduce some development time.
After completing this chapter, you should have a complete grasp of the Xamarin.Mobile library and the common functionality it provides for cross-platform development. It gives clean, modern APIs that offer the async/await functionality that can be accessed across iOS, Android, and Windows ...
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