Xamarin.Forms Succinctly

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Introduction
Chapter 1  Getting Started with Xamarin.Forms
	Introducing Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms
		Supported platforms
	Setting up the development environment
		Configuring a Mac
	Creating Xamarin.Forms solutions
		The Xamarin.Forms library
		The Xamarin.Android project
		The Xamarin.iOS project
			Automatic iOS provisioning
			Remote Xamarin.iOS update
		The Universal Windows Platform project
	Debugging and testing applications locally
		Setting up the iOS Simulator
		Running apps on physical devices
	Analyzing and profiling applications
	Chapter summary
Chapter 2  Sharing Code Among Platforms
	Sharing code with .NET Standard
	.NET Standard with Xamarin.Forms
	Adding .NET Standard libraries
	Chapter summary
Chapter 3  Building the User Interface with XAML
	The structure of the user interface in Xamarin.Forms
	Coding the user interface in C#
	The modern way: Designing the user interface with XAML
		Productivity features for XAML IntelliSense
			Fuzzy matching and linting
			Light bulb: Quick actions and refactorings
			Go To Definition and Peek Definition
		Responding to events
		Understanding type converters
		Xamarin.Forms Previewer
		Xamarin.Forms Hot Reload
	Introducing C# Markup
	Chapter summary
Chapter 4  Organizing the UI with Layouts
	Understanding the concept of layout
	Alignment and spacing options
	The StackLayout
	The FlexLayout
	The Grid
		Spacing and proportions for rows and columns
		Introducing spans
	The AbsoluteLayout
	The RelativeLayout
	The ScrollView
	The Frame
	The ContentView
	Styling the user interface with CSS
		Defining CSS styles as a XAML resource
		Consuming CSS files in XAML
		Consuming CSS styles in C# code
	Chapter summary
Chapter 5  Xamarin.Forms Common Controls
	Understanding the concept of view
		Views’ common properties
	Introducing common views
		User input with the Button
		Working with text: Label, Entry, and Editor
			Formatted strings and bindable spans
		Managing fonts
			Using custom fonts
		Working with dates and time: DatePicker and TimePicker
		Displaying HTML contents with WebView
			App Transport Security in iOS
		Implementing value selection: Switch, Slider, Stepper
		Introducing the SearchBar
		Long-running operations: ActivityIndicator and ProgressBar
		Working with images
		Playing audio and videos
	Introducing gesture recognizers
	Displaying alerts
	Introducing the Visual State Manager
	Chapter summary
Chapter 6  Pages and Navigation
	Introducing and creating pages
		Single views with the ContentPage
		Splitting contents with the FlyoutPage
		Displaying content within tabs with the TabbedPage
		Swiping pages with the CarouselPage
	Navigating among pages
		Passing objects between pages
		Animating transitions between pages
		Managing the page lifecycle
		Handling the hardware Back button
	Simplified app architecture: the Shell
		Structure of the Shell
		Implementing the flyout menu
		Implementing the tab bar
		Implementing the flyout with tab bar
		Adding the search bar
		Styling the Shell
	Chapter summary
Chapter 7  Resources and Data Binding
	Working with resources
		Declaring resources
		Introducing styles
			Style inheritance
			Implicit styling
	Working with data binding
		IntelliSense support for data binding and resources
		Bindable spans
		Working with collections
			Working with the TableView
			Showing and selecting values with the Picker view
			Binding images
			Introducing value converters
			Displaying lists with the CollectionView
			Scrolling lists with the CarouselView
			Introducing the IndicatorView
		Introducing Model-View-ViewModel
			Implementing pull-to-refresh: The RefreshView
	Chapter summary
Chapter 8  Brushes and Shapes
	Understanding brushes
		Solid colors with SolidColorBrush
		Linear gradients with LinearGradientBrush
		Circular gradients with RadialGradientBrush
	Drawing shapes
		Drawing ellipses and circles
		Drawing rectangles
		Drawing lines
		Drawing polygons
		Drawing complex shapes with the Polyline
		Hints about Geometries and Paths
	Chapter summary
Chapter 9  Accessing Platform-Specific APIs
	The Device class and the OnPlatform method
		Device-based localization
	Working with the dependency service
	Wrapping native APIs: Xamarin.Essentials
		Checking the network connection status
		Opening URIs
		Sending SMS messages
		Handling exceptions
		More Xamarin.Essentials
	Working with native views
		Embedding native views in XAML
		Working with custom renderers
		Hints for effects
		Introducing platform-specifics
	Chapter summary
Chapter 10  Managing the App Lifecycle
	Introducing the App class
	Managing the app lifecycle
	Sending and receiving messages
	Chapter summary