And with Xamarin Forms, interface design for all three platforms can be accomplished within its XAML-based framework. In this course, Walt Ritscher helps develop a sample app for each of the three platforms using Visual Studio and the IDEs in Xamarin (including Xamarin Studio). He touches on the processes that make Android, iOS, and Windows app development unique. Then he shows how to recreate the three apps as a single cross-platform app, and test and debug the app using Xamarin's powerful emulators. He also covers UI design with Xamarin Forms, the data binding engine that automatically syncs data between views and data sources, and pages, Xamarin's templates for content, navigation, tabbed, carousel, and master pages.

Topics include:
* What is Xamarin?
* Using Xamarin Forms and Xamarin Studio
* Setting up the development environment in Xamarin
* Touring the Xamarin IDEs
* Creating a new project in Visual Studio
* Creating the app UI
* Debugging the app on an emulator
* Creating a code library for the app
* Understanding the elements of a Xamarin cross-platform app
* Define UI with markup in Xamarin Forms
* Understanding data binding
* Exploring pages and the five page types

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