Professional Cross-Platform Mobile Development in C# -- About The Technical Editors -- About The Authors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Mobile Development Overview -- Chapter 1: Choosing the Right Architecture -- Understanding Mobile Architecture -- Connecting to the Network -- Recognizing Storage and Processor Limitations -- Securing Data on the Device -- Building Scalable Applications -- Planning for Deployment -- Writing Extendible Modules -- Maintaining Application Code -- Choosing an Architecture -- Building Native Applications -- Building Web Applications -- Building Hybrid Applications -- Building for Multiple Platforms -- Choosing iOS Applications -- Choosing Android Applications -- Choosing Windows Phone Applications -- Choosing Web Applications -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Designing your User Experience -- Making Your Applications Usable -- Identifying the Scope of Each Screen -- Conforming to Platform Standards -- Separating Platform from Design -- Prototyping -- Whiteboarding -- Using Functional Prototypes -- Obtaining User Feedback -- Using Agile Iterations -- Summary -- Part II: Developing Cross-Platform Applications -- Chapter 3: Setting up your Development Environment -- Getting Your Development Tools -- Installing Microsoft Visual Studio -- Installing Internet Information Services (IIS) -- Installing MonoDevelop for Mac -- Installing Device Frameworks -- Installing the Windows Phone SDK -- Preparing for iOS Development -- Preparing for Android Development -- Installing MonoCross Project Templates -- Installing the MonoCross Utilities -- Organizing Your Solutions -- Navigating the Sample Code -- Continuous Integration -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Monocross Pattern -- Understanding the Cross-Platform Problem -- Understanding Native Platform Diff erences -- Acknowledging HTML 5 Limitations.

Taking a Hybrid Approach -- Enabling Code Portability with Mono -- Developing for Multiple Platforms -- Defining a Cross-Platform Architecture -- Separating the User Interface -- Understanding the MonoCross Solution -- Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern -- Using URI-Based Navigation -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Building Shared Applications -- Defining Your Model -- Starting from Your User Experience Design -- Building for Lightly Loaded Lists -- Plan for Lazy-Loaded Details -- Advanced Techniques -- Building Your Controllers -- Implementing Your Workfl ow -- Applying Changes to the Model -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Building Monocross Containers -- Understanding How It All Fits Together -- Implementing a Simple Application -- Initializing the Container -- Building the Customer List View -- Building the Customer View -- Building the Customer Edit View -- Implementing an iOS Platform Container -- Initializing a Container in MonoTouch -- Building the Customer List View in MonoTouch -- Building the Customer View in MonoTouch -- Building the Customer Edit View in MonoTouch -- Implementing an Android Platform Container -- Initializing the Container for Android -- Building the Customer List View for Android -- Building the Customer View for Android -- Building the Customer Edit View for Android -- Implementing a Windows Phone Platform Container -- Initializing a Container for Windows Phone -- Building the Customer List View for Windows Phone -- Building the Customer View for Windows Phone -- Building the Customer Edit View for Windows Phone -- Implementing a WebKit Platform Container -- Initializing a Container with WebKit -- Building the Customer List View with WebKit -- Building the Customer View with WebKit -- Building the Customer Edit View with WebKit -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Designing and Building Data Services -- Understanding Web Services Principles.

Using SOAP Services -- Using REST Services -- Defining a Mobile Services API -- Starting with Your User Experience Design -- Optimizing for Mobile Usage -- Creating Resource Endpoints -- Building Indexed Lists -- Retrieving Detail Objects -- Enabling Transactions -- Creating JSON Endpoints -- Using Advanced Techniques -- Specifying Data Elements in the Request -- Building Pagination into Your Services -- Filtering Results on the Server -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Consuming Data Services -- Initiating RESTful Transactions -- Performing RESTful GETs -- Performing PUTs, POSTs, and DELETEs -- Working Disconnected -- Caching Data -- Standardizing Cache Interface -- Caching Mobile Data In-Memory -- Caching Mobile Data Persistently -- Securing Mobile Data (Encryption) -- Not Caching Mobile Data -- Queuing Data to Server -- Device Resource Considerations -- Managing Memory/File System Consumption -- Managing Network Bandwidth -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Accessing the Device -- Utilizing Device Audio and Video Playback Capabilities -- Capturing Audio -- Playing Audio -- Capturing Video -- Playing Video -- Contacts and Calendar -- Accessing Contacts -- Messaging and Communication -- Initiating a Voice Call -- Geo-location -- Getting GPS Location Information -- Accelerometer -- Getting X, Y, and Z -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Using Monocross Utilities -- Understanding MonoCross Utilities -- Encrypting Application Information -- Understanding the Encryption Utility -- Putting the Encryption Utility to Work -- Using File Storage -- Understanding the File Utility -- Putting the File Utility to Work -- Serializing Objects -- Understanding the Serializer Utility -- Putting the Serializer Utility to Work -- Logging Application Events -- Understanding the Log Utility -- Putting the Log Utility to Work -- Accessing Network Functionality -- Understanding the Network Utility.

Putting the Network Utility to Work -- Threading Your Application -- Understanding the Thread Utility -- Putting the Thread Utility to Work -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Hybrid Applications -- The Reasoning Behind the Web Hybrid Approach -- Native Applications -- Web Applications -- Hybrid Applications -- Implementing a Hybrid Approach -- Understanding How Hybrid Applications Work -- Building the Web Components -- Building the Native Containers -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Bringing Applications to the Enterprise -- Expanding Your Application's Domain -- Bringing Your Application to the Desktop -- Bringing Your Application to the Cloud -- Supporting Multiple Platforms -- Future-Proofing Applications -- Building for Reuse -- Using View Abstraction -- Using a Mixed-View Model -- Summary -- Index -- Advertisements.