Introduction to Xamarin Android

Welcome to Xamarin Android Guides

Welcome to the guides to support the Xamarin Android Guides. The guides are intended to be used to support the course.

Target Audience

• Developers

Some development knowledge is required as most of the tools required reading at code. You don't need to proficient but be in a position to write and compile programs.

What is Xamarin Android

• Xamarin.Android lets C# developers create native Android apps with the C# language.
• Xamarin.Android provides bindings to the Android libraries that are familiar to the C# developer.
• Xamarin.Android uses the same tools for building and packaging Android apps as Java.
• Development is done in Visual Studio.
• C# features like generics, async/await, LINQ and lambda expressions and are supported.
• Xamarin.Android have access to libraries defined in java.*, android.* and Mono.NET.
• Xamarin.Android also lets use use native Java jars or native C/C++ code using JNI.

EditText input = new EditText(this);
String text = input.getText().toString();
input.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() { ... });

var input = new EditText(this);
string text = input.Text;
input.TextChanged += (sender, e) => { ... };

Info

Java uses get/set methods and listeners, whilst C# uses properties and events.