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Learn MoreXamarin Android in C# and Firebase
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Xamarin Android in C# and Firebase
Developing a complete Android Application using C#, Xamarin Studio and Firebase
Created byAmir J
Last updated 11/2017
English
What you'll learn
- Develop a wide range of apps in Android and C#
- Database management and Datada structure design
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Course content
6 sections • 63 lectures • 5h 54m total length
- Introduction6:37
In this first lesson, we will look at our final app and its features.
- Starting a New Project and AVD5:52
In this lesson, we will start a new project, set our simulator and also change the theme to
@anDroid:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar
For this development, we will be working with nexus 4 as a simulator and interface design
- Designing Our Lists Layout4:21
In this lesson, we design our outlets and also name them as well the name for our list view
- Accessing UI Elements in Activity8:59
In this lesson, we will rename the activity to ListsActivity and also connect the ListsLayout to its SetContentView as well as accessing our UI elements. We will also code 4 new methods; NewList, ProfileButton, ItemClick and ItemLongClick.
- Testing Some Values in Our Listview3:59
In this lesson, we will do a quick test on list view.
- Understanding Our Data Structure5:06
In this non-programming lesson, we will look at how our data is structured.
- Adding Item Class2:30
In this lesson, we will add our Item Class.
- Adding User Class0:58
In this lesson, we will add our User Class.
- Adding Grocery List Class2:32
In this lesson, we will add our List Class.
- Adding App Data Class6:08
In this lesson, we will add our App Data class's starting elements. We would need to introduce and initialize our Current Lists as well as a dummy current user.
- Preparing First List4:44
In this lesson, we will add our first list, we will not however write it to disk as we still don't have that function.
- Custom Adapter19:01In this lesson, we will add a new class and call it ListRowCustomAdapter. This custom adapter will help us shape our list view rows. In this lesson, we will use a little cheat and copy the content from an existing code base. We will of course go through the code. We will call the prepare first method form our app data and also get an object of the type ListRowCustomAdapter in our List View and use that to populate the list view.
- Adding a New List9:25
By now, we have a list view interface where we can view our basic starter lists. Now let's try and add a new list. In here, once everything work, we will face a new issue and that is our app will not maintain its data between two sessions of the application. We will address that in our next section.
- Understanding Data1:10In this lesson, we will have a quick look at why we hae to record our data on the disk and what component we should add to do so.
- Write Data Method8:01In this lesson, we will add a new method to our app data where all of our lists get written to the disk using a json serialization. To write data, we will also introduce a new OfflineLst.
- Read Data Method2:46
In this lesson, we will read our data from the disk.
- Write User Method1:27In this lesson, we will learn how to write the user to the disk.
- Read User Method2:10
In this lesson we will add our Read user method.
- Reading Data Method Part 16:57
In this lesson, we will adjust our list view to properly read and write data to the disk. We will also make sure if we make a new list, it gets written to the disk.
- Deleting a List by Long Clicking It11:26
In this lesson, we will learn how to delete a list by long clicking on it.
- Items Layout8:11
In this lesson, we add anew layout for our items interface.
- Items Activity8:04In this lesson, we add a new activity and call it Items Activity. We would then get access to our various elements in the layout in our code.
- Navigating to Items Activity3:53In this lesson, we will code the navigation to and back from items activity
- The Issue With the Keyboard4:33
In this lesson, we will modify our textedit in the layout file to make sure it doesn't pop a keyboard at the begining of the activity.
- Cur List3:19In this lesson, we will introduce our curList which is the list that we have licked on in the previous activity. We will pass an argument through our intent and fetch the same in our items activity.
- Populating Items Listview6:36In this lesson, we will add a new custom adapter to adapt our items array into a list view. Once again in here, we will use a little cheat to speed up our process.
- Clicking on an Item4:37
In this lesson, we change the status of an item by clicking on it, we also write our data to disk after doing that.
- Adding a New Item6:19In this lesson, we will learn how to add an item by pressing the done button on the text field.
- Deleting an Item by Long Click6:14In this lesson, we learn how to delete an item by long clicking on it
- Understanding What Happened2:27
In this lesson, we will look back at everything we have done so far and we try to make sense of everything we have done so far and how we could build on those.
- Introduction to Backend2:19
In this lesson, we will look at our backend data and why we would need them.
- Firebase Console3:57
Once we setup everything in our console, we will add the google plist file.
- Adding Firebase Packages2:25In this lesson, we will add the components and packages needed for firebase to work.
- Initializing Firebase in AppData9:59In this lesson, we write the code for our Firebase connection as well as our new OnlineLST
- Setting Firebase Rules2:05
In this lesson we will learn how to change the Firebase rules to public.
- Testing Out Firebase5:51
We will do a quick test on Firebase in this lesson to make sure it works properly.
- Profile Action8:56
In this lesson, we will learn how to add the various profile actions to our login button.
- Register Alert View5:31In this lesson, we will use a little cheat to add our register alert view
- Register Method6:28In this lesson, we will learn how to actually register our user on Firebase back-end.
- Set Local User5:09
In this lesson and after registration, we will discuss how to change the local user.
- Save User Main Values on Cloud3:40
Once user is created, we should write its main data to our backend.
- Save All User Lists Online9:07
In this lesson, we will learn how to save an entire list to our online back-end.
- Alert Show Method7:04In this lesson, we will add a new method to show messages to user.
- Read Data at the End of Register2:15
In this lesson, we will read our data once again once the registration is finished.
- Login Alert View2:20
In this lesson, we will write the alert view for our login menu. This code is little too long and also trivial, so we will use a little cheat in here,
- Login Method4:18
In this lesson we will use our Authentication to login our user to Firebase back-end.
- Reading Data Method Part 29:38In here we will also set our profile button
- Reading Data From Cloud9:20
Once the lists are compared, we can place them in our current lists.
- Compare Lists Method9:34In this lesson, we will write a comparison method to compare two sets of Lists.
- New List on Cloud1:49
In this lesson, we will learn how to add a new list on cloud.
- Delete List on Cloud5:12In this lesson, we will learn how to delete a list from cloud.
- Save or Change an Item on Cloud7:47In this lesson, we will learn how to add an item on cloud.
- Delete Item on Cloud4:13
In this lesson, we will learn how to delete an item.
- Logging Out From Cloud5:43In this lesson, we will code our log out method.
- Recap of All Login Methods2:42This is also a good time to test all of our login, register methods once again. In here, we realize that we need to call our readData once again at the end of the register method. We will also test our application by manually adding an item to the cloud.
- Introduction5:25
In this section we will learn how to send and read invitations
- Share This Function3:46In this lesson we will write the beginning of sharing a list through clicking the share list button.
- Invitation Class1:21
In this lesson, we will add a new class to hold on to our invitation objects.
- Finding the Invitee and Sending Invitation10:51
In this lesson, we will search within our Users Node to find our invitee user.
- Reading Invitation Node6:01
In this lesson, we will read the content of "MyInvitations" node and populate the list of invitations coordinates.
- Loading Invitation Lists7:55
In this lesson, we will convert the invitation data into actual invitations lists.
- Removing an Invitation9:05
In this lesson, we will find how to delete a list that user is invited to
- Conclusion and Suggestions4:13In this lesson, we will look back at everything we have done and we look ahead at what else could be done.
Requirements
- Basic Understanding of Programming
- Familiarity with any development environment such as XCode or Android Studio or Xamarin Studio
Description
In this course we will discuss development of a complete Android application using Visual Studio (or Xamarin Studio, C Sharp and Firebase. Throughout the course, we will discuss a wide range of topics such as interface design, databases and data structures as well as user authentication through Firebase MBaaS.
This course is designed to cover a wide range of audience. It can be useful to people with basic understanding of iOS development and programming. It is also useful if you wish to learn more about data structures, reading and writing local and remote databases.
Who this course is for:
- People with beginner level understanding of mobile development
- People planning to move from Android Studio to Xamarin