Xamarin Mobile Developer Certification Study Guide
V2.0.0 2018-03-06
ListViews and Adapters in Android [AND110]
Populate a ListView using an ArrayAdapter
Add a ListView to an Activity
Use ArrayAdapter to populate a ListView
Explore the limitations of ArrayAdapter
Handle list-item click events
Respond to taps on a ListView
Determine which list item was clicked
Implement a custom adapter
Inflate a layout defined in axml using LayoutInflater
Create a custom Adapter
Use layout recycling and the view-holder pattern
Reuse inflated layouts to reduce memory usage
Cache view references to increase performance
Enable fast scrolling and code a section indexer
Enable ListView fast scrolling
Display a section indexer on a ListView
Fundamentals of TableViews [IOS110]
Explore Table Views
Add a Table View to your UI
Display data in a Table View
Utilize built-in cell styles
Specify a built-in cell style to be used in a table view
Display your data using the built-in cell styles
Add selection behavior
Add an accessory view to a cell
Respond to taps on the accessory view
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Implement cell reuse
Enable cell reuse in the designer
Enable cell reuse programmatically
Customizing TableViews [IOS115]
Customize table view cells in code
View the anatomy of a cell
Customize the default cell styles
Create a custom cell
Customize table view cells in the designer
Choose static or dynamic cells based on your app’s data
Design a custom cell using the designer
Group data in the table view
Changing the grouping visualization for a table view
Display an index
Add headers and footers
Customize headers and footers
Toolbar and App Bar [AND180]
Add a Toolbar to an Activity
Add a Toolbar to your UI
Set text and logo
Populate Toolbar Actions from an XML menu file
Define an XML menu file
Inflate the XML menu file into a Toolbar's actions menu
Create hierarchical menus
Create checkable menu items
Use a Toolbar as an Activity's app bar
Set a Toolbar as your Activity's app bar
Inflate the Toolbar menu items
Respond to item click
Set a navigation icon on an app bar
Enable the app bar navigation button
Set the navigation icon
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Respond when the navigation button is clicked
Android Navigation [AND205]
Use Fragment and FrameLayout to swap views
Add a Fragment to a FrameLayout dynamically
Implement tab navigation with TabLayout
Include a TabLayout in your UI
Add tabs using code-behind
Add tabs using XML
Respond when a tab is tapped
Implement gestural navigation with ViewPager
Add a ViewPager to your UI
Code an adapter to supply the ViewPager with Fragments
Combine gestural and tab navigation
Use a ViewPager to populate a TabLayout with tabs
Implement drawer navigation with DrawerLayout
Use DrawerLayout to display a drawer menu
Use an app bar navigation button to open the drawer
Code an XML file for your menu
Swap content when your menu is clicked
Navigation Patterns [IOS205]
Progress through pages of data with stack-based navigation
Create a Navigation Controller programmatically
Utilize the designer to create a Navigation Controller
Customize the Navigation Controller
Show different views of related data with tab navigation
Create a Tab Bar Controller
Populate a Tab Bar Controller
Customize the Tab Bar Controller
Display hierarchical relationships with master/detail navigation
Create a Split View Controller
Use a Split View Controller programmatically
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Use the iOS Designer to define a Split View Controller
Mobile Application Architecture [XAM301]
Apply Model-View-Controller to a Xamarin.iOS app
Architect an iOS app using MVC
Apply Model-View-Presenter to a Xamarin.Android app
Architect an Android application using MVP
Apply Model-View-ViewModel to a Xamarin.Forms app
Architect a Xamarin.Forms app using MVVM
Patterns for Cross Platform Mobile Development [XAM250]
Locate dependencies using the Factory Pattern
Define a Factory
Assign a dependency to a Factory
Access the Factory from shared code
Use a Service Locator to register and retrieve dependencies
Define a Service Locator
Register dependencies with a Service Locator
Resolve dependencies from a Service Locator
Use an IoC container to automatically inject dependencies
Register dependencies with an IoC container
Inject dependencies
Automate dependence injection
Data Binding in Xamarin.Forms [XAM270]
Use data binding to decouple code-behind from UI
Map data to visuals
Create bindings in code
Create bindings in XAML
Work with binding context
Change binding modes
Implement property change notifications
Use value converters to bind incompatible types
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Perform textual conversions in XAML
Create a value converter
Apply a value converter in XAML
Using ListView in Xamarin.Forms [XAM280]
Display a collection with ListView
Provide data to a ListView
Manage selection in a ListView
Add and remove items dynamically
Add, remove and update data in the ListView
Make UI-safe collection changes
Modify collections in the background
Customize ListView rows
Alter the row visuals
Use Data Templates
Change the ListView separator
Use built-in cell templates
Xamarin.Forms Effects [XAM330]
Customize control appearance
Change element properties
Use platform themes to update native control appearance
Apply effects to controls
Resolve an effect
Apply an effect programmatically
Wrap an effect with RoutingEffect
Apply an effect in XAML
Create an effect
Create an effect
Update platform specific UI
Respond to UI changes and notifications
Export an effect
Add configurable properties
Add attached properties to an effect
Use and update attached properties
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Diagnosing Memory Management Issues [XAM370]
Identify and fix memory leaks in your code
Find memory leaks in your code
Fix common leaks in managed code
Recognize and fix Xamarin.iOS specific memory problems
Identify strong reference cycles
Dispose native resources
Manage event handler lifecycles
Recognize and fix Xamarin.Android specific memory problems
Improve garbage collector performance
Free native resources
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