Applications

This section presents several applications demonstrating the development of Xamarin.Forms apps.

Creating each application in Visual Studio begins by creating a new project. Create a new project from the menu using: File > New > Project. You can also use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + N to create a new project.

Fig. 2.52 Creating a new cross-platform project

Fig. 2.53 Configuring the new cross-platform project

Settings

From Tools > Android > Android Device Manager, add a new emulator device for testing the applications under development:

Fig. 2.54 Adding a new emulator device for testing applications.

Fig. 2.55 A new emulator device has been successfully added for testing applications.

Test the Android emulator by pressing the Start button. If everything is correct you will see Android 11 (API 30), as shown in the figure below:

Fig. 2.56. Android 11 (API 30)

Tip

You can speed up the Android emulator on Microsoft Windows by using HAXM (Intel) or WHPX (AMD) depending on the CPU available in your computer.