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REST in peace with Xamarin
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Contact [email protected] http://fekberg.com +61 (401) 157-608 @fekberg C# Smorgasbord
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What is Xamarin?
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› Enables you to reach all major mobile platforms › Gives you: › Native user interface › Native Performance › An awesome development experience
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Developing using Xamarin
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Xamarin Studio PC or Mac
Visual Studio Plugin
VS 2010/2012/2013
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Can we reuse code?
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› Yes! We can use PCL (Portable Class Libraries) › Different approaches: › Inject implementations › Inject Action/Func
› Create interface IFoo in PCL inject implementation iOS.Foo and Droid.Foo
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REST API?
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› Fancy way of saying API over HTTP › What REST API? iHackerNews! › http://api.ihackernews.com/
› HTTP GET -> /page returns a collection of entries public class Entry { public int Id { get; set; } public int Points { get; set; } public string PostedAgo { get; set; } public string PostedBy { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public string Url { get; set; } }
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How do you use REST from C#?
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Performing a GET request
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var client = new HttpClient(); var result =
await client.GetStringAsync(HackerNewsApiUrls.Top);
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DEMO! Xamarin + C# + REST
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Summary
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› Easy to have business logic in a shared library (PCL) › Consuming REST APIs are easy! › Xamarin makes it all enjoyable
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Questions?
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