Learn the basics of Xamarin, from installation to creating and running your first app across Android, Windows, and iOS using Visual Studio.

Course Outline:

1. Xamarin and Cross-Platform Development

1. Introduction to Xamarin. Installation
2. Creating and configuring a project
3. Creating an application
4. Launch on Android
5. Run on Windows 10
6. First application in Visual Studio for Mac
7. Launching on iOS from Visual Studio

2. The GUI in Xamarin Forms

1. Creating a graphical interface
2. XAML
3. Interoperability between XAML and C#
4. LoadFromXaml Method and Loading XAML
5. XAML Markup Extensions

3. Layout Containers

1. Layout Elements
2. StackLayout and ScrollView
3. AbsoluteLayout
4. RelativeLayout
5. Grid Container

4. Elements in Xamarin and Their Properties

1. Positioning elements on the page
2. Working with color
3. Text styling
4. Buttons
5. Text fields
6. Frame container
7. BoxView
8. Working with images. The Image element
9. Selecting date and time. DatePicker and TimePicker
10. Dropdown Picker
11. Stepper and Slider
12. Switch
13. TableView
14. WebView
15. Pop-up windows
16. Timers

5. Platform-Specific Code

1. Device class
2. Platform Dependency in XAML
3. DependencyService

6. Resources and Styles

1. Resource Concept in Xamarin Forms
2. Styles
3. Triggers
4. Styling with CSS
5. Visual State Manager and Visual States

7. Binding in Xamarin

1. Introduction to Binding
2. BindableObject and BindableProperty
3. Binding object
4. Value converters
5. Binding to objects. INotifyPropertyChanged interface

8. ListView and Working with Data

1. ListView
2. DataTemplate and complex objects in ListView
3. TextCell
4. Images in ListView. ImageCell and ViewCell
5. Creating a Cell Class for ListView
6. ObservableCollection
7. Customizing the appearance of ListView
8. Grouping in ListView
9. ListView Performance
10. Data triggers

9. Navigation

1. Basics of navigation
2. Navigation stack
3. Data transfer during navigation
4. Messages and MessagingCenter

10. Page Types

1. TabbedPage. Tabbed Page

11. Data Storage. Files

1. Properties property
2. Application Settings
3. Working with files

12. MVVM

1. Model-View-ViewModel pattern
2. Commands and User Interaction in MVVM
3. MVVM example
4. Context menu

13. SQLite Databases

1. Basic Operations with SQLite
2. Asynchronous connection to SQLite
3. Connecting to an existing database

14. Globalization and Localization

1. Adding localization
2. Definition of language culture
3. XAML Localization

15. Interacting with the Server

1. Connecting to the network
2. Creating a web service
3. Interacting with a web service
4. Creating an interface for working with a web service

16. ContentView Visual Components

1. Creating visual components

17. Rendering Controls

1. Creating a new element
2. Adding properties
3. Adding events
4. Element and Renderer Inheritance

18. Working with Multimedia

1. Working with the camera

19. FlexLayout

1. Direction property. Direction of elements
2. Wrap property
3. Aligning Rows and Columns. AlignContent
4. Alignment of elements. JustifyContent
5. AlignItems property
6. Attached properties

20. Realm

1. Basic Operations with Realm Database

21. Entity Framework Core

1. Creating a data context
2. Basic data operations

22. Flyout

1. First application with Shell
2. FlyoutItem

Why Enroll

Enroll in this Xamarin.Forms course to master cross-platform app development with C#, building powerful Android, iOS, and Windows apps from a single codebase using Visual Studio. Learn modern UI design, platform-specific integrations, data binding, offline storage, web services, and MVVM architecture. Gain hands-on experience creating real-world apps with SQLite, Realm, EF Core, and advanced layouts, preparing you for professional mobile development across all major platforms.