{"id":16692,"date":"2019-09-20T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=16692"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:50:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:50:42","slug":"coding-week-what-you-need-to-build-your-own-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2019\/09\/20\/coding-week-what-you-need-to-build-your-own-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Coding Week: What you need to build your own mobile apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/codingweekheader2.jpg\" alt=\"A man and a woman working on a code project. A picture of Bit the Raccoon is on the right of the image.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"700\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/codingweekheader2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It seems, today, that there\u2019s an app for just about everything we do on our phones \u2013 from social networks to jazzed-up calculators. As the mobile market continues to grow, globally, more and more developers are turning their attention to the creation of mobile apps and games.<\/p>\n<p>And one of the best tools to create your own apps is with Xamarin.Forms and <a href=\"https:\/\/visualstudio.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visual Studio<\/a>. You can find out more through our free online course \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/learn\/paths\/build-mobile-apps-with-xamarin-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build mobile apps with Xamarin.Forms<\/a>\u2019 over at Microsoft Learn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What is Xamarin.Forms?<\/h2>\n<p>It all starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/dotnet.microsoft.com\/apps\/xamarin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xamarin, a popular .NET developer platform<\/a> featuring handy tools needed to build all sorts of applications. And one of those tools is Xamarin.Forms. This free, open-source cross-platform framework offers everything you need to create mobile apps on the most popular platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The toolkit deals primarily with user interface (UI) features. Pages, layouts, and controls can all be built using a single API. Given the importance of UI in app design \u2013 a bad UI makes for a bad experience, which makes for fewer downloads \u2013 this makes Xamarin.Forms an incredibly powerful tool in your arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not all about UI.<\/p>\n<p>Xamarin.Forms is packed with loads of awesome extras, like a binding engine and a messaging centre that help make your app work smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>You may also find it worthwhile reading our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/xamarin\/get-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introduction to Xamarin.Forms<\/a> before you get started. Here, you can explore the toolkit\u2019s capabilities, as well as tutorials on just about every part of it \u2013 ideal for any budding app developer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What are the benefits of using Xamarin.Forms?<\/h2>\n<p>That \u2018cross-platform\u2019 promise is a major draw to Xamarin.Forms.<\/p>\n<p>The main problem with app development is that there are two different operating systems for phones \u2013 Android and iOS.<\/p>\n<p>Xamarin, in itself, isn\u2019t the silver bullet. You\u2019ll still need to write separate sections of code for the different platforms. However, Xamarin.Forms helps lighten the load by letting you create a shared UI that runs across Android and iOS phones. This leaves you with more time focus on <em>what<\/em> your app can do, rather than slogging away just to get it off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>When starting your app development, keep two things in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What operating system you\u2019re targeting<\/li>\n<li>What you want to achieve with your app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you have the answer to these, you can focus on squeezing every drop of value from Xamarin.Forms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What do I need to get started?<\/h2>\n<p>You can\u2019t just plunge right into app creation with Xamarin.Forms. This is a fairly advanced language. As such, before starting your Microsoft Learn course, you\u2019ll need at least a working understanding of C# and .NET (or a friend who knows what they\u2019re doing!).<\/p>\n<p>If this all sounds unfathomable, then have a peek at Microsoft tutorials and information for those only just embarking on their coding journey.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/csharp\/tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out these C# tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dotnet.microsoft.com\/learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out how to get started with .NET<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You should also grab yourself a copy of Visual Studio, in order to complete the free Microsoft Learn courses. That should be enough to get you started. Visual Studio also sets you up with the other tools you need, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/xamarin\/android\/get-started\/installation\/android-sdk?tabs=windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android SDK Manager<\/a>, which you\u2019ll need if you\u2019re targeting that OS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How do I begin?<\/h2>\n<p>Once you\u2019re equipped with the skills you need, head to our Microsoft Learn course \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/learn\/paths\/build-mobile-apps-with-xamarin-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build mobile apps with Xamarin.Forms<\/a>\u2019. Across 10 distinct modules, you\u2019ll learn exactly how to use C# and Visual Studio to create iOS and Android apps with absolute ease \u2013 and don\u2019t worry, you won\u2019t be thrown into the deep end; we\u2019ll start you off with the basics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Find out more<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/learn\/modules\/introduction-to-xamarin-android\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to Xamarin.Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1.4rem\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/learn\/modules\/introduction-to-xamarin-ios\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to Xamarin.iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the mobile market continues to grow, globally, more and more developers are turning their attention to the creation of mobile apps and games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":16710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[594],"post_tag":[681,519],"content-type":[],"coauthors":[813],"class_list":["post-16692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technetuk","tag-coding","tag-technet-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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