Xamarin Forms 2.0 - Beginner to Advanced

The MVVM model view view model way of constructing apps is vital to Xamarin Forms. Do not skip this lecture! It will stand you in good stead throughout your Xamarin development career.

We walk through how to create a simple Xamarin Forms app. I also show you the layout of the folders created by default for us.

We want to run our app on something right? I show you how to get the iOS simulator up and running as well as the Android one.

We begin to dive into XAML - the markup language used in Xamarin. In this lecture you will change the main screen of our app.

This section creates a more in depth version of the Quick Start "Hello World" app we created earlier. The reason for starting again is to get your brain trained into the correct way of doing things on Xamarin Forms. The more you repeat the faster it becomes!

Here we piggy back onto the popularity of a YouTube hit video by making an app that fits with it. Carving out your app niche is so important these days. With so many apps on the stores you really cannot skip this step.

We once again dive into XAML to create our app front end.

We have a first introduction to a split - how do we use 'User preferences' in Xamarin forms? The implementation is different on iOS and Android, but Xamarin Forms has a great way of circumventing that.

Well, we got to get paid for our work (no matter how little!). I prefer unobtrusive banner ads that sit out of the way and that's what we create here.

Discover what we will be making. This section covers all the major parts of most apps you will make. Especially the big one - List Views in a cross platform manner.

We also look at SQLite database storage using a handy Nuget package.

We create the look of the first page of our app - includes how to insert a list view in XAML

SQLite databases are ESSENTIAL in any app. They form the backbone of your data access scheme so you should definitely watch this lecture!

Nuget is available on Xamarin! In this lecture we learn how to install a Nuget component in Xamarin Studio.

How to access a Database in a cross platform manner using Xamarin Forms.

Databases are useless without functions that allow them to insert, update or delete data. Here we create a class with those functions.

The most fundamental aspect of ANY software project is the data model. Here I show you what creating one involves (especially when it comes to using databases alongside the model)

We get our list of items from a database table and learn how to insert them into a list view (pretty easy!)

We need to be able to change the to do item on our list view when we click it. I show you how to create a new Activity (Android) and start it as well as a new View Controller (iOS) and start it too.

We run through the now familiar aspect of creating a XAML layout

A fundamental aspect of Xamarin Forms is data binding. Two way binding in Xamarin Forms is the ideal way to construct your View-View Model link.

Once the task is edited we need to save it to the database. This lecture shows you how to update it.

Just before you go let's go over what we've learnt so far.

Thanks so much for watching! I include a special BONUS in this lecture just for you!