Creating the POI app

Now that we already have our development environment ready, let's begin by building the POIApp.

The following section will walk you through the several steps involved to create, build, and deploy the POI application into the Android device:

  1. Launch Xamarin Studio.
  2. From the File menu, navigate to New | Solution. The New Solution view will be presented, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Creating the POI app
  3. Select the Android section on the left-hand side of the screen, navigate to App | Android App, and then click on Next.
  4. Enter the app name as POIApp and the application identifier as com.packt.poiapp.
  5. From the Compatibility selection, select Maximum ...

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