1. Mobile App Trends: lifecycle, functions, and cognitive
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Mobile App Trends: lifecycle, functions, and cognitive
Dan Hermes
Xamarin MVP, Microsoft MVP President, Lexicon Systems
@danhermes
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2. Dan Hermes @danhermes Microsoft MVP, Xamarin MVP
President of Lexicon Systems, an award- winning mobile dev consultancy
Author of Xamarin Mobile Application Development, Apress
@danhermes

3. Microsoft 2016
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My Xamarin Book
“Dan Hermes’ extraordinary book is the most intelligent work on cross-platform mobile development I’ve seen.”
– Jesse Liberty Independent software developer, consultant, and author Xamarin Certified Developer, Xamarin MVP, Microsoft MVP
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4. Mobile App Trends 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
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5. Mobile App Trends Cross-platform development Mobile app platforms
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Mobile App Trends
Cross-platform development
Mobile app platforms
Lifecycle management
Containers
Cognitive
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6. Mobile App Trends Cross-platform dev > Xamarin Mobile app platforms
Lifecycle management
Containers
Cognitive
> Xamarin
> Azure Mobile Apps
> Visual Studio Mobile Center
> Azure Functions
> Azure Cognitive API
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7. Cross-platform Development
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Cross-platform Development
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8. Cross-platform Development Challenges
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Cross-platform Development Challenges
Code Divergence
Development Complexity
Team Divergence
Process Complexity
Schedule
Cost
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9. 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#
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10. Xamarin APIs and Native SDKs
Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.iOS
Xamarin.Android
iOS UIKit
Android SDK
Universal Windows Platform
(UWP)
Xamarin

11. 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

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

13. Mobile App Platforms 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
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14. Who has your back? Azure Mobile Apps Storage Authentication Push
Mobile Platform
Storage
Authentication
Push
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15. Storage, Authentication, and Push Notifications
Courtesy of DevelopIntelligence

16. 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("

17. 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);

18. Syncing Data with Azure
Mobile
Device
SQLite
Local data store
Azure Mobile App
SQL Database
Cloud data store
PushAsync
PullAsync
PurgeAsync
MobileServicePushFailedException
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19. CREDENTIALS (via oAuth/WebView)
Authentication
GOOGLE
CREDENTIALS (via oAuth/WebView)
AUTH TOKEN
DEVICE
FACEBOOK
IDENTITY
TWITTER
MICROSOFT
MOBILE SERVICE

20. Push Notifications

21. Lifecycle Management 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
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22. Visual Studio Mobile Center (VSMC)
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Visual Studio Mobile Center (VSMC)
Build
Test
Distribute
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23. Build Building Apps in VSMC Connect to a Repository
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Build
Building Apps in VSMC
Connect to a Repository 
Test App on Real Device 
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24. Test Getting Started Prepare Tests for Upload New Test Run
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Test
Getting Started
Prepare Tests for Upload
New Test Run
Select Devices and Configure
Submit Test
Review Test Results
Built on Xamarin Test Cloud
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25. 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
Select Devices
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26. Distribute Getting Started Release a Build Provisioning Profile
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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
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27. 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
Connect to Store
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28. 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
Containers
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29. 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
Containers
What’s old?
Web services running on a manually-administered web server
What’s NEW?
Auto-administered, lightweight, serverless services
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30. Azure Functions Small, event-driven algorithms
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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
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31. 5/30/2018 7:04 AM
Cognitive
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32. Cognitive Areas Vision Speech Language Knowledge Search
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Cognitive Areas
Vision
Speech
Language
Knowledge
Search
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33. Cognitive Areas Vision Speech Language Knowledge Search
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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
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34. Mobile App Trends: lifecycle, functions, and cognitive
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Mobile App Trends: lifecycle, functions, and cognitive
Dan Hermes
Xamarin MVP, Microsoft MVP President, Lexicon Systems
@danhermes
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