Chapter 1. Working with Xamarin.Android
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating Xamarin.Android projects
- Creating user interface layouts
- Creating an option menu
- Supporting previous Android versions
- Adding an action bar
- Navigating with the action bar
- Adding action bar action items
- Creating contextual action mode menu
- Sharing code with other platforms
Introduction
Xamarin.Android allows us to create native Android applications using the same UI controls we would use in Java, with the flexibility of C#, the power of the .NET Base Class Library, and two first-class IDEs.
Android development with Xamarin can be done on either Mac OS X or Windows, using either Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio. This variety provides us with our choice of how ...
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