© Gerald Versluis and Steven Thewissen 2019
Gerald Versluis and Steven ThewissenXamarin.Forms Solutionshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4134-9_1

1. Fundamentals

Gerald Versluis1  and Steven Thewissen2
(1)
Hulsberg, The Netherlands
(2)
Hulsberg, Limburg, The Netherlands
 

In this chapter, we look at some Xamarin.Forms fundamentals. The concepts explained here will be used throughout this book, so it is important that you have an understanding of how these fundamentals work. If you already have some knowledge of Forms and more specifically, custom renderers, the DependencyService, the MessagingCenter, behaviors and effects, then it is probably safe to skip this chapter. If not, please keep reading.

Custom Renderers

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