Build Real World Vehicle Selling App with Xamarin Forms

Download and unzip the prebuilt RESTful API project from GitHub, open it in studio to get the application backend, and learn deploying the API on Azure.

Deploy a web API to Azure by configuring a subscription and resource group, naming the web app, selecting the core version, validating deployment, and publishing with the published profile.

Learn to test account endpoints - register creates a user, login returns an access token, and edit user profile supports a base64 image; test via postman using the token in headers.

Begin a blank Xamarin.Forms project by selecting the blank template, choosing Android and iOS targets, and exploring the solution explorer with three projects, prioritizing shared C# code.

Save a user name to preferences in a Xamarin forms app using the set method with a user name key and the entry text.

Retrieve the username from preferences in a Xamarin Forms app using the get method with a key and default value, and display it on the main page.

Create and organize account-related model classes in a Xamarin.Forms project, including register, login, token, user profile image, change password, and phone number models to consume a RESTful API.

Rename the method to edit for number and submit the full number via a POST request using form-urlencoded data, including an access token, and tailor the API call accordingly.

Learn how to edit a user profile by sending a post request to the profile image endpoint with a byte array image, using an access token in the authorization header.

Develop a get vehicle detail endpoint in a Xamarin forms app based on a Postman get request, accepting an integer id and returning a vehicle detail object.

Use the get vehicles by category endpoint with a category id to return vehicles in that category, and implement a get vehicle by category method returning a task list.

Implement add vehicle by posting a vehicle object to the API endpoint, test with postman, and deserialize the JSON response into a VehicleResponse in C#.

Explore the hot and new ads endpoint with a get request to fetch hot and new ads, and rename the method to get hot new ads for integration.