Introduction

The NPT Explorer App is a Xamarin Forms mobile application targetting Android & iOS only.

The aim of the application is to encourage and support members of the community within Neath Port Talbot to explore more of the green and blue spaces within the area, to help to connect to nature, increase knowledge and understanding of the green and blue spaces within the area, and help improve their health and wellbeing.

Getting Started

Set desired platform project as startup (.Android, .iOS). Both need emulators in order to get up and running see microsoft docs: Android: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/get-started/installation/android-emulator/ iOS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/get-started/installation/

Tech

• Xamarin Forms 5.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/
  • Shell
• AutoMapper https://automapper.org/ [Object Mapping]
• Polly https://github.com/App-vNext/Polly/wiki [.NET resilience and transient-fault-handling library]
• FFImageLoading https://github.com/luberda-molinet/FFImageLoading [Fast & Furious Image Loading]
• MonkeyCache https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/monkey-cache
• PancakeView https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView