The following is a link to my talk on Mapping & Location in iOS
and Android at Xamarin Evolve 2013. Obviously, the talk is centered on
MonoTouch, aka Xamarin.iOS, and Mono for Android, aka Xamarin.Android.
In this talk, I cover the native functionality of each platform. In
addition, I cover Google Maps for iOS SDK. I hope that you find the
talk to be helpful.
http://xamarin.com/evolve/2013#session-d336r1byq5
I was wanting to test some WebAPI Methods via Fiddler so that I could
all be working on one machine, debug, and make sure that everything is
working. Here is what my fiddler setup looks like:
We're calling into a method with the signature:
public List<CustAd> Post([FromBody] UserLocation value)
The UserLocation object has the following signature;
public class UserLocation
{
public string AppKey { get; set; }
public double Latitude { get; set; }
public double Longitude { get; set; }
}
Url: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/04/01/ios-development.aspx
Unfortunately, .NET and C# developers are used to using Visual
Studio. Microsoft has spent a lot of time, effort and money to make
Visual Studio the premier software development tool in existence.
Xamarin Inc. has heard from those developers who want to integrate
Visual Studio with iOS development. On Feb. 20, Xamarin introduced Xamarin.iOS for Visual Studio .
This plug-in allows developers using Visual Studio to write iPhone and
iPad applications for the iPhone using the Microsoft .NET Framework and
C#.
Recently, I wrote an article for our Mono for Android column about
improving your user interface of your applications. The url is: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/03/01/enhancing-your-uis.aspx
I
hope that you enjoy the article. I spent a lot of time on the article
plus, helping out users and creating applications that are helpful to
them is a personal/pet project of mine.
One thing that I wanted
to mention in the article and could not besides a side mention is the
part about reverse geocoding. Reverse geocoding is the process of
taking a latitude/longitude and getting back an address. Users are
familiar with addresses, not latitude/longitude. Unfortunately, I was
not able to show the Android reverse geocoding that is built in. Why?
Well, at the time, I was pre-release tester of what would become Mono
for Android 4.6 and all the new stuff inside of it. I couldn't come out
and say that's why this didn't work and I was not comfortable trying to
go ahead with the code anyway. I know that the code worked in previous
versions. Unfortunately, deadlines will sometimes hit you over the
head when you don't expect it. Bottom line: I apologize to you the
reader. I will have an article out on mapping at a later time and I
will discuss reverse geocoding there.
Url: http://elearning.left-brain.com/event/mobile-web-development-jquery-mobile?code=EP3234W1
I'll be doing a seminar on jQuery Mobile on April 23. I hope that you can attend. Here is the info:
Start: 4/23/2013 11:00 AM (UTC -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)End: 4/23/2013 4:30 PM (UTC -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)Rates: $199.99
Mobile development is a hot item. Customers
are buying iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and many other mobile
computing devices at an ever increasing record pace. Devices based on
iOS and Android are nearly 80 percent of the marketplace. RIM continues
to be dominant in the business area across the world. Nokia's growth
with Windows Phone will grow on a worldwide basis. At the same time,
clearly web development is a tremendous driver of applications, both on
the public Internet and on private networks. How can developers target
these various mobile platforms with web technologies? Developers can
write web applications that take advantage of each mobile platform, but
that is a lot of work. Into this space, the jQuery Mobile framework was
developed. This eLearning series will provide an overview of mobile web
development with jQuery Mobile, a detailed look at what the jQuery
Mobile framework provides for us, how we can customize jQuery Mobile,
and how we can use jQuery Mobile inside of ASP.NET.
Sessions (each session runs approximately 75 minutes): Session 1: Mobile Web Development Are you wondering what web developers can do in the mobile world? This session will focus on: What web developers need to know about the idiosyncracies of mobile development Tools to use for mobile development ASP.NET development options: Webforms v MVC v Web Pages Web browsers Javascript language features useful for mobile web development Integrating with the Phone Meta tags to improve the user experience Session 2: jQuery Mobile You
are probably aware of the jQuery javascript library. This seminar will
introduce jQuery Mobile, a library that will make the development of
web applications for mobile devices easy. We’ll look at the basics of
jQuery Mobile, including
Page Setup Toolbars Navigation Integrating basic controls with jQuery Mobile Buttons List components Form/UI components Basic options for jQuery Mobile AJAX operations with the ListView Session 3: jQuery Mobile Advanced with ASP.NET jQuery
Mobile allows developers to create an application with a
mobile-specific user interface. There are many options to optimize and
change the default behavior of jQuery Mobile, as well as how ASP.NET
developers can easily integrate with jQuery Mobile. This session will
look at
Creating a Template for ASP.NET developers Creating a custom theme Build one ASP.NET Page with jQM Themes to target multiple devices Offline operation and the application manifest Plug-ins and optimizations for tablets jQM Events Instructors
Wally McClure
graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) with a
BS & MS in Electrical Engineering. Since that time, he has done
consulting and development for companies large and small. Wally has
authored books on iPhone Programming with Mono/Monotouch, Android
Programming with Mono for Android, application architecture, ADO.NET
& SQL Server, and finally AJAX. He is a Microsoft MVP and an
ASPInsider, and a partner in Scalable Development, Inc., where we're
ramping up to provide training on iPhone, Android, and HTML5.
Customer Service If
you have any questions regarding this event, the registration process
or would like to register more than one attendee, please contact us
directly.
Email: service@devproconnections.com
On February 20, Xamarin announced a new version of MonoDevelop called Xamarin Studio .
We've been big fans of Xamarin and Miguel de Icaza's work all the way
back to the inception of the Mono project so we're especially amped to
see Xamarin release a Free Starter Xamarin Studio to bring this great mobile development tool to an even bigger programmer audience.
Professional Android Programming with Mono for Android and .NET/C#. Download this free starter is a PDF with chapters 1-4 buy the complete book from Wrox here at Wrox.com or at your favorite book retailer.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Android, Mobile Devices, and the Marketplace
Product Comparison Mobile Development Android Cross-Platform Alternatives Summary Chapter 2: Introduction to Mono for Android
Before You Begin Developing Visual Studio Development with Mono for Android Mono for Android Development with MonoDevelop Summary Chapter 3: Understanding Android/Mono for Android Applications
What Is an Android Application? Binding the Components: The Android Manifest Summary Chapter 4: Planning and Building Your Application's User Interface
Guidelines for a Successful Mobile UI Building an Android UI Choosing a Control Layout Designing Your User Interface Controls Controlling Your Menus Resolution-Independent UI Constructing a User Interface: A Phone and Tablet Example Summary
Url: www.learnnowonline.com/learnmobilenow/topic/300
Course Description: So what is a PassKit, this
course will introduce you to the PassKit , the types there are, the file
structure, security and other items. Next you‘ll be shown how to
create a PassKit manually with such things as provisioning, KeyChain
access and other items. Then you will learn about coding for a Pass,
including complain applications, classes, list of passes to name a few
items that will be covered. Next you will learn about reminders and
events. You’ll see the EventStore, Enumerate Calendars, create an event,
and create a reminder, running a query plus more.
1+ hours of media runtime
PassKit Agenda What is PassKit PassKit Ecosystem What is a Pass Types of Passes File Structure Pass.json File Barcodes Relevancy Localization Security Passbook Getting Passes into Passbook
Manually Create a PassKit
Create a Pass Manually Provisioning Created Certificate Signing Request KeyChain Access Certificate Request Pass Certificate Created Download Build the Signpass Utility Must Update Run the Signpass Utility Manifest.json Output End Result Resources
Companion Applications Passes and MonoDevelop Classes Check Passbook Availability Pass Library Instance List of Passes Displaying a Pass Loading a Pass From a File Replace an Existing Pass Editing a Pass Receiving Change Notifications Resource Demo: Passes Demo: Pass Code
Agenda EventStore Accessibility Requesting Access Objects Enumerate Calendars Add or Modify an Event Create an Event Create a Reminder Retrieve an Event Retrieve a Reminder Deleting an Event Search for Events Search for Reminders Demo: EventKit Demo: Reminders Demo: Running a Query Resources
Url: http://www.learnnowonline.com/learnmobilenow/topic/297
Course Description: The
User Interface (UI) has become a very important part of any
application. This course will cover application UI in iOS 6. You will
see the UI refresh control and how to have the UI refresh in an
application. Then you will look at UI collection view and how work with
data, cells and other items. Then the course will cover layout and
display. You will see section inset, sub classing layouts and how to
create linear and circular layouts.
1+ hours of media runtime Pull to Refresh UI Refresh Control Begin/End Refreshing Other Members What About iOS5? Demo: iOS6 UI Refresh Control Demo: iOS5 UI Refresh UI Collection View Data UI Collection View Cell Cells Supplementary Views Decoration Views Delegate Cell Highlighting Disabling Selection Cell Menus Demo: UI Collection View Layouts Section Inset Subclassing Layouts UI Collection View Flow Layout Custom Layouts Demo: Linear Layout Demo: Circular Layout Key Takeaway
Check out this introduction to iOS6 Social Networks with MonoTouch: http://youtu.be/t-kGZQtKSp8
I hope you enjoy this video
VIDEO
This is a recording of my iOS6 with MonoTouch Webinar: http://media.appdev.com/EDGE/LL/livelearn01242013.wmv (I think this only loads in IE)
iOS6 is the
latest version of the iOS operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and
iPod Touch. With this new version of iOS comes the iPhone 5. In this
Live Learning, we’ll discuss how to support the new iPhone 5’s display,
support for social networks in iOS, and the new pull to refresh
functionality in iOS6.
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