![]() ![]() Here’s a screenshot of the 'Xamarin.Forms Quick start' blade: We’re going with the former option, “create a new app.” As with the backend, when you click the download button, you’ll get a new Xamarin.Forms application that already has the required code to connect to the app service. This step gives you two options: “create a new app” or “connect an existing app.” If you choose the latter, you’ll be given a few code snippets and instructions. Azure will create an ASP.NET project for you, already set up with the right connection string to the database you’ve selected for step 1! 2 – Select Xamarin.Forms project You don’t need to remember them for the App Service because they’ll be stored in an environment variable, but it might be a good idea to store them in your preferred password manager or secure location.Īfter you make your selection for a C# backend, click the “Download” button. Note: When creating the SQLServer, you will need to create admin credentials. I chose to create new server and database. If you already have a SQLServer and/or SQL Database, you choose them for this. Select the Xamarin.Forms item.Ī new Azure blade will appear, and you’ll be shown two steps. Configuration and Starter ProjectsĪfter creating the service and going to the QuickStart tab, you’ll be presented with a list of client application types. Before getting started there, let me take you though the choices I went with so you can follow along. ![]() Microsoft has a recently updated the Azure App Service with Xamarin.Forms tutorial, and it will walk you through initializing the App Service and creating the database the service will use. Let’s get started! Part One-Azure App Service Walkthroughįirst, we’ll want to create the backend. The journey will take us through building the ASP.NET backend hosted using Azure App Services with SQL Server for the database, using Azure Bot Framework and a custom LUIS (Language Understanding) for the in-app help service and finally developing the client apps using Xamarin.Forms with Telerik UI for Xamarin for a beautiful and feature-rich client experience. This is the first post in a 3-part tutorial, where I take you from “File > New Project” to fully functional cross-platform CRM application for a fictional Art Gallery company.Ĭurious about what's ahead? You can jump to Part Two of the series, where we'll build the UI with Telerik UI for Xamarin, or to Part Three of the series, where we train a LUIS AI model using Telerik UI for Xamarin's Conversational UI. In this tutorial, we'll build a CRM client app for iOS, Android and Windows 10 using Telerik UI for Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms backed by Azure App Service and Azure Bot Framework. ![]()
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