Xamarin cross-platform application development : develop production-ready applications for iOS and android using xamarin

Content: Cover
 Copyright
 Credits
 About the Author
 About the Reviewers
 www.PacktPub.com
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Parse
 Parse backend service
 Advantages of using Parse
 Setting up accounts and applications on Parse
 Integrating Parse in an iOS project
 Setting up Parse
 Summary
 Chapter 2: Parse Objects and Queries
 Parse objects
 PFObject
 Operations on Parse objects
 Saving objects
 Fetching objects
 Saving objects offline
 Updating objects
 Updating counters
 Storing data in array format
 Deleting objects
 Relations and data types
 Relations
 Data types. Working with queriesUsing predicates
 Adding query constraints
 Relational and complex queries
 Array-based queries
 String-based queries
 Relational queries
 Counting objects
 Compound queries
 Caching queries
 Summary
 Chapter 3: Subclasses and Files
 Subclassing PFObject
 Customizing properties and methods
 Initializing subclasses
 Creating queries
 Handling files
 PFFile
 Saving images
 Tracking progress
 Summary
 Chapter 4: Parse Analytics
 Integrating Parse analytics
 Tracking pages
 Clearing all badges
 Reading analytics data
 Data usage
 Advantages of analytics
 Summary. Chapter 5: Push NotificationsSetting up push notifications
 Creating an SSL certificate
 Generating certificate requests
 Setting up your App ID
 Creating your provisioning profile
 Configuring your Parse app
 Configuring an iOS application for push notifications
 Installation
 Sending push notifications
 Parse website
 Parse app
 Cloud Code
 Sending notifications
 Channels
 Subscribing to channels
 Sending push notifications to channels
 Using advanced targeting
 Sending pushes to queries
 Customizing notifications
 Platform-based targeting
 Receiving push notifications. Responding to payloadSummary
 Chapter 6: Users and Roles
 PFUser
 User login
 Signing up
 Verifying the user
 Logging in
 Saving the user\'s data
 Creating an anonymous user
 Resetting passwords
 Writing user queries
 Providing security
 Updating the user object
 Securing objects
 Assigning roles
 PFRole
 Securing the role object
 Securing other objects
 Implementing role hierarchy
 Summary
 Chapter 7: Social Media Integration
 Integrating Facebook
 Prerequisites
 Setting up the application
 Signing up on Facebook
 Publishing on Facebook
 Requesting user data
 Linking users
 Logging out. Keeping users logged-inIntegrating Twitter
 Setting up Twitter
 Signing up and logging in
 Linking users
 Summary
 Chapter 8: Using Cloud Functions
 The cloud code
 Installing the command-line tool
 Setting up the cloud code
 Creating the cloud function
 Hosting a website
 Understanding the complex functions
 Using cloud on the saved code
 Using cloud on the delete code
 Summary
 Chapter 9: Error Handling and Security
 Error handling
 Securing your application data
 Exporting data
 Summary
 Index.