Mobile Development with C#: Building Native iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Applications

It�� true: you can build native apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone with C# and the .NET Framework��ith help from MonoTouch and Mono for Android. This hands-on guide shows you how to reuse one codebase across all three platforms by combining the business logic layer of your C# app with separate, fully native UIs. It�� an ideal marriage of platform-specific development and the "write once, run everywhere" philosophy.

By building a series of simple applications, you��l experience the advantages of using .NET in mobile development and learn how to write complete apps that access the unique features of today�� three most important mobile platforms.

• Learn the building blocks for building applications on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone
• Discover how the Mono tools interact with iOS and Android
• Use several techniques and patterns for maximizing non-UI code reuse
• Determine how much functionality can go into the shared business logic layer
• Connect to external resources with .NET�� rich networking stack
• Read and write data using each platform�� filesystem and local database
• Create apps to explore the platforms��location and mapping capabilities