Mobile App Trends: lifecycle, functions, and cognitive 5/30/2018 7:04 AM THR2161 Mobile App Trends: lifecycle, functions, and cognitive Dan Hermes Xamarin MVP, Microsoft MVP President, Lexicon Systems @danhermes © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Cross-platform Development Challenges 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Cross-platform Development Challenges Code Divergence Development Complexity Team Divergence Process Complexity Schedule Cost © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

The Xamarin Approach Shared Code in C# Native UI (really) C# 100% of the native APIs iOS, Android, and UWP Share code across platforms Shared Code in C# © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Xamarin APIs and Native SDKs Xamarin.Forms Xamarin.iOS Xamarin.Android iOS UIKit Android SDK Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Xamarin

Xamarin App Architectures Shared C# iOS C# UI Android Windows Shared C# App Logic Native iOS App Android App Windows App Shared C# UI Code iOS C# UI Android C# UI Windows C# UI Shared App Logic Platform-specific Xamarin.Forms

Xamarin gives us cross-platform reach with native power and performance

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Who has your back? Azure Mobile Apps Storage Authentication Push Mobile Platform Storage Authentication Push Courtesy of DevelopIntelligence

Storage, Authentication, and Push Notifications Courtesy of DevelopIntelligence

How Do I Use Azure App Service? Create an Azure Mobile App Create your Tables Use built-in Azure SDK or create a Table API using C# Create a client mobile application Instantiate a Mobile Service MobileService = new MobileServiceClient("https://myapp.azurewebsites.net");

CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) Create - Insert data Read - Query data Update - Change data Delete - Remove data await todoTable.InsertAsync(item); List<TodoItem> items = await todoTable.ToListAsync(); (or ToEnumerableAsync()) await todoTable.UpdateAsync(item); await todoTable.DeleteAsync(item);

Syncing Data with Azure Mobile Device SQLite Local data store Azure Mobile App SQL Database Cloud data store PushAsync PullAsync PurgeAsync MobileServicePushFailedException Courtesy of DevelopIntelligence

CREDENTIALS (via oAuth/WebView) Authentication GOOGLE CREDENTIALS (via oAuth/WebView) AUTH TOKEN DEVICE FACEBOOK IDENTITY TWITTER MICROSOFT MOBILE SERVICE

Push Notifications

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Build Building Apps in VSMC Connect to a Repository 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Build Building Apps in VSMC Connect to a Repository  Test App on Real Device  © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Test Getting Started Prepare Tests for Upload New Test Run 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Test Getting Started Prepare Tests for Upload New Test Run Select Devices and Configure Submit Test Review Test Results Built on Xamarin Test Cloud © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Distribute Getting Started Release a Build Provisioning Profile 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Distribute Getting Started Release a Build Provisioning Profile Manage Distribution Groups Install the Build Setup Mobile Center SDK In-app Updates CodePush Built on HockeyApp © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Azure Functions Small, event-driven algorithms 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Azure Functions Small, event-driven algorithms Hosted in on-demand, self-administering containers Trigger, Input, and Output model Call functions using an HttpClient web request Run and can return a JSON result © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Cognitive Areas Vision Speech Language Knowledge Search 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Cognitive Areas Vision Speech Language Knowledge Search © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Cognitive Areas Vision Speech Language Knowledge Search 5/30/2018 7:04 AM Cognitive Areas Vision Speech Language Knowledge Search > Computer Vision API, Face API, Emotion API > Custom Speech API > Language Understanding Intelligent Service > Knowledge Exploration Server (KES) > Bing Web Search API © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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