mono for android 4 0 introduction

An Introduction to

Mono for Android 4.0Cross-Platform Mobile App Development

Targeting Android

http://xamarin.com/

Introducing Mono for Android 4.0 from Xamarin

1. Who is Xamarin?2. MonoTouch and Mono for Android Overview 3. Mono for Android 4.04. Differentiators 5. Customers & Case Studies6. Summing Up

More Info: http://xamarin.com/

Copyright 2012 © Xamarin Inc., All rights reserved

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Xamarin Company Snapshot Founded in 2011 with the mission to make it fast, easy and fun to build great mobile

apps.

Xamarin’s products: MonoTouch, Mono for Android Simplify creation, maintenance and operation of high-performance, cross-platform,

native UX mobile applications Phones, tablets and embedded devices - iOS, Android and Windows

Xamarin stewards the Mono project: open source, cross-platform implementation of C# / .NET framework

Unique, customer-proven technology: 500 developers download/day on average Enterprise: 3M, Medtronic, Target, TIBCO, etc. Consumer: AOL, iCircuit, Monster, Rdio, etc. Consultants / SIs: Accenture, ITR Mobility, etc.


MONOTOUCH AND MONO FOR ANDROID

MonoTouch and Mono for Android


Native API Access - Android

4,000 C# classes 1:1 mapping to native Java libraries OpenGL Android C Libraries

Projected into C# Strongly typed Enumerations C# Events/Properties Surface Lambdas


User Code

C# Android.*

Java Android.*

C Libraries

OpenTK

OpenGL and

OpenAL

System.*

Unix APIs

Native API Access - iOS

1,700 C# classes 1:1 mapping to native Objective-C libraries CoreFoundation iOS C libraries

Projected into C# Strongly typed C# Events/Properties Surface Lambdas

User Code

MonoTouch.*

ObjC Libraries

C Libraries

OpenTK

OpenGL and

OpenAL

System.*

Unix APIs


Mono on Mobile

C# and .NET class libraries on Mobile Devices Garbage Collection Strongly typed objects High performance

Strong Typing: Code-Completion helps explore APIs from the IDE Alerts developer of errors during compilation,

instead of failing for users at run time


Xamarin.* APIs

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Most of the differentiation happens in the UI Some platform APIs do not bring much value (sometimes they’re not great APIs) Xamarin.Mobile is an extra layer to isolate developers from the platform.


Xamarin Cross-Platform Apps


Apps Showcase: http://xamarin.com/apps


http://xamarin.com/apps



MONO FOR ANDROID 4.0

Mono for Android 4.0 – Key Features

Ice Cream Sandwich features support

Faster buildsSmaller app footprintsGoogle Maps integrationVisual Studio integrationFaster Installer than with

Java


Mono for Android 4.0 – ICS Features Updated User Interface

– GridLayout – Supports 2D grid layout of controls– Switch widget – Allows toggling between ON or

OFF– TextureView – Enables video and OpenGL

content within a view– Navigation Bar – Contains virtual buttons for

back, home, and multi-tasking Better Hardware Acceleration

– 2D rendering now takes place on the GPU for all Android controls. Additionally, hardware acceleration is on, by default, in all applications developed for Android 4.0.

More Infohttp://docs.xamarin.com/android/tutorials/Introduction_to_Ice_Cream_Sandwich


http://docs.xamarin.com/android/tutorials/Introduction_to_Ice_Cream_Sandwich



Mono for Android 4.0 – ICS Features New Data APIs

– New access to data that was not previously officially accessible, such as calendar data and the user profile of the device owner.

App Data Sharing – Sharing data between applications and

devices now easier • ShareActionProvider: makes it easy to create a

sharing action from an Action Bar• Android Beam for Near Field Communications

(NFC): makes it a snap to share data across devices in close proximity to each other

More Infohttp://docs.xamarin.com/android/tutorials/Introduction_to_Ice_Cream_Sandwich





Mono for Android 4.0 – Faster BuildsBuilds are 40% faster– Less time waiting– More time creating awesome

apps

More Info: Introduction to ICS with Mono for Android 4.0 Documentation- http://docs.xamarin.com/android/tutorials/Introduction_to_Ice_Cream_Sandwich




Mono for Android 4.0 – Smaller App Footprint

Executables up to 70% smaller– App users spend less time downloading

Efficient Linking Process– Examines your app and, during Base Class Library

(BCL) assemblies, removes any components that are not directly used • For example, a whole namespace in System.dll is for

sending and receiving email, but if your application does not use of this functionality, that code is just wasting space, and removed.

Efficient package deployment during debug and release stages of development

More Info: http://docs.xamarin.com/android/tutorials/Application_Package_SizesCopyright 2012 © Xamarin Inc., All rights reserved

http://docs.xamarin.com/android/tutorials/Application_Package_Sizes



Mono for Android 4.0 – Google Maps Integration

Newly Bound Google Maps

APIs– Mono.Android.GoogleMaps.dll

assembly allows use of the Google Maps API from C#





Mono for Android 4.0 – Visual Studio Integration

Mono for Android works with Visual Studio– You don’t have to change IDE – Or use Xamarin full-featured

MonoDevelop IDE





Mono for Android 4.0 – Easier, Faster Installer

Mono for Android installer will have you up and running with just a few clicks

Takes the pain out of setting up an Android development environment– Combines all the required components into

a single, unified installation experience, as opposed to the myriad of installs required for Java-based Android development





Mono for Android – Additional Capabilities

Hundreds of customer requested enhancements that make it easier to develop great Android apps

A full listing of new features and capabilities can be viewed from here: http://blog.xamarin.com/


http://blog.xamarin.com/



MONO FOR ANDROID DIFFERENTIATORS

Differentiators

Harness the full power of C# and .NET.

Use Visual Studio to create Android apps

Write shorter, simpler, and more maintainable code

Use features like LINQ, anonymous types, lambdas and more


CUSTOMERS & CASE STUDIES

Xamarin Customers

600+ new developers each dayAmazing apps: http://xamarin.com/apps





Xamarin CustomersRdio - Listen to millions of songs ad-free, mobile

Problem: Supporting 4 platforms

required 4 codebases, adding features 4 times, chasing bugs 4 times

Solution: Xamarin cross-platform mobile app development software

“We’ve saved thousands of hours of engineering.”

Todd BermanVP Engineering


Xamarin Customers

Medtronic mStar Application

Integrate to back-end systems Sales orders Product registration

“The mStar application automates manual processes and makes them

available 24/7 for the reps”

Jeff Bipes, IT Manager, Field Services

.


Xamarin Customers RESCO - Mobile CRM for Microsoft Dynamics Fully customizable mobile CRM

client Synchronized with Microsoft

Dynamics CRM For iPhone, iPad, Android Phone

& Tablet, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Win CE

“Our sale reps preferred to access their CRM from their tablets instead

of standard desktop clients.”Eric LabashoskyDirector of

Application Architecture, Benco


http://xamarin.com/

SUMMING UP

http://xamarin.com/

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Xamarin & Mono for Android - Summing Up

Harness the full power of C# and .NET, Web Services, JSON, Classes, LINQ and XML for cross-platform mobile app development

Use Visual Studio to create powerful Android apps Re-use your existing .NET code / logic Reduce development time, complexity and cost Write shorter, simpler, and more maintainable

code Build native user-experiences users expect


Xamarin & Mono for Android 4.0 - Summing Up

Leading mobile app development technology 500+ new developers each day

Solving cross-platform mobile app development problems for customers Reduce development time, complexity and cost Improve mobile app quality, stability and performance

Unique, customer-proven technology and capabilities C# and .NET mobile app development for phones, tablets and

embedded devices running, iOS, Android and Windows


More online• xamarin.com/apps• xamarin.com/monotouch• xamarin.com/android• docs.xamarin.com• blog.xamarin.com• youtube.com/xamarinhq• twitter.com/xamarinhq• linkedin.com/company/xamarin • stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mono

An Introduction to

Mono for Android 4.0Cross-Platform Mobile App Development

Targeting Android

http://xamarin.com/

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