Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android -- Table of Contents -- Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. The Anatomy of an Android App -- The Android platform -- Linux -- Native libraries -- The Android runtime -- The Application Framework -- Applications -- The Android packages (.apk) -- The application manifest -- Versions of Android -- The Android applications -- Activities -- The life cycle of an activity -- The states of an activity -- The events of an activity -- Services -- Content providers -- Broadcast receivers -- Views and ViewGroups -- Declarative versus programmatic View creation -- User interface widgets -- Common layouts -- Adapter layouts -- XML layout files -- Element and attribute names -- IDs -- Using XML layouts from activities -- Intents -- Resources -- The R.java file -- Summary -- 2. Xamarin.Android Architecture -- Why Xamarin.Android? -- What is Mono? -- Mono and Dalvik side by side -- The Java Native Interface -- Peer objects -- Xamarin.Android application packaging -- The Android bindings design -- Design principles -- C# properties -- Delegates -- Constants to enumerations -- Development environments -- Xamarin Studio -- Xamarin for Visual Studio -- IDE comparison -- Compatibility -- Summary -- 3. Creating the Points of Interest App -- The sample app -- Installing Xamarin.Android -- Creating the app -- Xamarin Studio IDE -- The Project Options View -- Setting the target framework.

Setting the app icon and package name -- The initial activity -- Running and debugging the app -- Creating and customizing emulators -- Using the x86 emulator -- Debugging with an Android device -- Enabling USB debugging -- Installing a USB driver -- Running apps on a device -- Behind the scenes -- Peer object -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Summary -- 4. Creating a Data Storage Mechanism -- Creating the Point of Interest entity class -- Creating the POI storage interface -- Implementing the POI storage services -- Using Xamarin.Android NUnitLite -- Setting up for tests -- Creating the test methods -- The Create POI test -- The Update POI test -- The DeletePOI() test -- Executing the tests -- Json.NET -- Downloading Json.NET -- Implementing and testing the POIJsonService methods -- Implementing caching -- Implementing SavePOI() -- Implementing GetPOI() -- Implementing DeletePOI() -- Summary -- 5. Adding a List View -- Creating the POI ListView layout -- Adding a RelativeLayout view group -- Adding an ImageView widget -- Adding a LinearLayout widget -- Adding the name and address TextView classes -- Adding the Distance TextView -- Populating the ListView item -- Shared instance of IPOIDataService -- Permissions -- Creating POIListViewAdapter -- Implementing a constructor -- Implementing Count { get -- } -- Implementing GetItemId() -- Implementing the index getter method -- Implementing GetView() -- Reusing row Views -- Populating row Views -- Hooking up POIListViewAdapter -- Adding actions to ActionBar -- Defining the menu .xml file -- Setting menus in OnCreateOptionsMenu() -- Handling selection in OnOptionsItemSelected() -- Configuring an SD card for the emulator -- Running POIApp -- Android Device Monitor -- Handling row clicks -- Summary -- 6. Adding a Detail View -- Creating the POIDetail layout -- Working with InputType.

Creating POIDetailActivity -- Binding variables to controls -- Adding navigation to POIDetailActivity -- Navigating on new action -- Navigating on POI Click -- Receiving data in POIDetailActivity -- Populating user interface widgets -- Adding Save and Delete actions -- Disabling the Delete action -- Creating SavePOI() -- Creating DeletePOI() -- Adding validation -- Using the EditText.Error property -- Adding a Delete confirmation prompt -- Toasting success -- Refreshing POIListActivity -- Wrapping up -- Summary -- 7. Making POIApp Location Aware -- Location services -- Setting app permissions -- Configuring the emulator -- Obtaining an instance of LocationManager -- Requesting location change notifications -- Implementing ILocationListener -- Adding location services to POIApp -- Adding location services to POIListActivity -- Adding location services to POIDetailActivity -- Updating the user interface -- Adding the code -- Getting an address for a location -- Keeping the user informed -- Dealing with configuration changes -- Saving and restoring a state -- Preventing activity destruction -- Adding map integration -- Navigating to the map app -- Checking for registered map apps -- Summary -- 8. Adding Camera App Integration -- Picking an integration approach -- Permissions and Features -- Configuring the Emulator -- Extending the data service -- Defining GetImageFilename() -- Implementing GetImageFilename() -- Updating DeletePOI() -- Capturing an image from POIDetailActivity -- Adding UI elements -- Creating the intent -- Checking for registered camera apps -- Providing additional information with the intent -- Providing a filename and location -- Providing size limit -- Starting the intent -- Completing the NewPhotoClicked() method -- Processing the results of the intent -- Displaying existing images in POIDetailActivity.

Displaying POI images in POIListActivity -- Summary -- 9. Deploying Your App -- App distribution options -- Preparing for a release APK -- Disabling debug -- AndroidManifest.xml -- AssemblyInfo.cs -- Linking -- Linking options -- Side effects of linking -- Selecting supported ABIs -- Publishing a signed APK -- Keystores -- Publishing from Xamarin.Android -- Republishing -- Summary -- Index.