Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android - Second Edition

Creating the PointOfInterest apps entity class

The first class that is needed is the one that represents the primary focus of the application, a PointofInterest class. POIApp will allow the following attributes to be captured for the Point Of Interest app:

• Id
• Name
• Description
• Address
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Image

The POI entity class can be nothing more than a simple .NET class, which houses these attributes.

To create a POI entity class, perform the following steps:

1. Select the POIApp project from the Solution Explorer in Xamarin Studio. Select the POIApp project and not the solution, which is the top-level node in the Solution pad.
2. Right-click on it and select New File.
3. On the left-hand side of the New File dialog box, select General.
4. At the top of the template ...