Xamarin for Enterprises
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This document discusses the mobile development platform Xamarin and its benefits for enterprises. It is presented by Bluetube, an award-winning digital agency established in 1999. Bluetube argues that Xamarin allows developers to write native mobile apps in C# that can target iOS, Android, and Windows using shared code, with benefits including lower maintenance costs and the ability to use a single codebase and skillset across platforms. While Xamarin presents some challenges around UI development and code sharing, Bluetube's experience indicates it can reduce development efforts by 25%+ with 50% code reuse between iOS and Android apps.
Xamarin for Enterprises
- 1. S E A M L E S S L Y B L E N D I N G C r e a t i v e & T e c h n o l o g y o n M o b i l e , T a b l e t a n d W E B W W W . B L U E T U B E I N C . C O M
- 2. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 2 Who is About Bluetube • Established in 1999, Music for Cartoon Network • Award Winning Tablet, Mobile, Consulting & Web Digital Agency. • Referral Based • Passion is the center of our business
- 3. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 3 Our CREDENTIALS About Bluetube • XAMARIN CERTIFIED • XAMARIN PREMIER PARTNER • Experienced in multiple mobile platforms • Speak at various conferences • Projects and consulting
- 4. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 4 TABLET & MOBILE EXAMPLES
- 5. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 5 XAMARIN FOR ENTERPRISES
- 6. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 6 THE “NATIVE” PERCEPTION The Challenge • iOS • Objective C • Xcode • Android • JAVA • Eclipse
- 7. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 7 iOS Native Development The Challenge • DESIGN UI using Xcode TOOLS • CODE in C# • COMPILES TO NATIVE iOS BINARY • CAN USE ANY OBJECTIVE-C LIBRARIES
- 8. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 8 ANDROID Native Development The Challenge • Design UI using ANDROID DESIGNER • CODE in C# • COMPILES TO XAMARIN RUNTIME • SUPPLEMENTAL VM THAT CALLS ANDROID VM • INCLUDE ANDROID NATIVE LIBRARIES
- 9. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 9 WINDOWS Native Development The Challenge • Design UI using Windows TOOLS • CODE in C# • SHARE CODE ACROSS PLATFORMS
- 10. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 10 XAMARIN IS NATIVE The Challenge • iOS • C# • Xcode • Android • C# • SDK & NDK • Windows RT • C# • Visual STUDIO • Mac • C# • XCode
- 11. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 11 Why Adopt it EnteRprises • One Language AND TOOLSET for: • IOS: iPhone and iPad • Android: Android Phone & Tablet • Windows : Phone, Tablet & Desktop • Mac : Desktop
- 12. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 12 SHARE CODE ENTERPRISES • BUSINESS LOGIC • DATABASE ACCESS LOGIC • DESIGN PATTERNS & CODE • COMPANY TOOLS AND LIBRARIES
- 13. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 13 LESS TO MAINTAIN ENTERPRISE • DON’T NEED : • .NET Developers AND • Objective C Developers • JAVA Developers • JUST NEED .NET / C# Developers
- 14. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 14 Enterprise Applications WHERE IS THE INDUSTRY GOING ? • Business process management • Sales Applications • Company communications and feedback • Benefits and payroll management • REVENUE Metrics and dashboards
- 15. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 15 Practical Experience Our experience • Integrated HTML5 with Xamarin for Hybrid apps • Integrated Salesforce.com and extended THE Integration • Used enterprise web services and shared code and objects
- 16. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 16 Practical Experience WHERE IS THE INDUSTRY GOING ? • OUR Objective C developers prefer C# • MANY Android developers prefer C# and Visual Studio • Despite Microsoft “biases”, C# is a respected Language
- 17. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 17 BENEFITS Why Should we USE IT • IT’S STABLE – Enterprise WORTHY • YOU ARE NOT LIMITED BY XAMARINS SDK TO ACCCESS NATIVE FEATURES • EASIER MAINTAIN • EASIER TO SUPPORT / TRAIN • EASIER TO ROLL OUT ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
- 18. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 18 CHALLENGES Why Should we USE IT • STILL NEED TO understand THE UI PLATFORM ( Training ) • CODE SHARING STILL MATURING • File Linking • XAMARIN STUDIO VS VISUAL STUDIO • Portable class libraries holy GRAIL
- 19. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 19 REAL WORD RESULTS SUMMARY • 25%+ reduction in development EFFORT • 50% REUSE across Iphone + Android Phone • Multiple developers supporting Multiple projects WITH SINGLE TECHNOLOGY • ISSUES have GENERALLY been “Code” and not the platform • Customer confidence has been high • Very little POLITICAL Barriers to USING Xamarin
- 20. SEAMLESSLY BLENDING CREATIVE & TECHNOLOGY ON MOBILE TABLET & WEB WWW.BLUETUBEINC.COM 20 questions ? THANKYOU • THANK YOU. • We’ll post the presentations to our blog • http://blog.bluetubeinteractive.com