A simple Xamarin app named Acquaint. The app is a simple list of contacts, each of which can be viewed in a detail screen and modified in an edit screen. It runs on iOS 9+, Android 4.2+, and UWP (mobile and desktop).
##Build Status
| Project | master branch |
|---|---|
| Acquaint.XForms.Droid | |
| Acquaint.XForms.iOS | |
| Acquaint.XForms.UWP | |
| Acquaint.Native.Droid | |
| Acquaint.Native.iOS |
##Cross-platform and native The app is implemented in two ways in order to demonstrate the two different approaches to Xamarin app development:
- Xamarin.Forms cross-platform UI
- Xamarin native, with platform-specific UI implementations
##Three platforms The app targets three platforms:
- iOS
- Android
- Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
- UWP currently only in Forms version of app
- UWP supported only in Visual Studio, not Xamarin Studio
##Code sharing
#####~90% code shared across platforms in Acquaint.XForms
#####~33% code shared across platforms in Acquaint.Native
##Integrations Includes integrations such as:
- getting directions
- making calls
- sending text messages
- email composition
- Visual Studio 2015 (14.0 or higher) to compile C# 6 langage features (or Xamarin Studio OS X)
- Xamarin add-ons for Visual Studio (available via the Visual Studio installer)
- Visual Studio Community Edition is fully supported!
For Android, you'll need to obtain a Google Maps API key: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/platform_features/maps_and_location/maps/obtaining_a_google_maps_api_key/
Insert it in the Android project: ~/Properties/AndroidManifest.xml:
<application ...>
...
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY" android:value="GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY" />
...
</application>
| 3D Touch Previewing (iOS) | Shared View Transitions (Android) |
|---|---|
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The app has three main screens:
- a list screen
- a read-only detail screen
- an editable detail screen
##People
All images of people in the app come from UIFaces.com. In accordance with the guidelines, fictitious names have been provided.