{"id":28124,"date":"2016-10-25T11:23:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T18:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=28124"},"modified":"2016-10-25T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T18:23:53","slug":"kickstart-your-project-with-our-new-bootstrapped-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/kickstart-your-project-with-our-new-bootstrapped-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickstart Your Project with Our New Bootstrapped Mobile Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tXamarin makes it fast, easy, and fun to build great mobile apps. Building a mobile app starts in the same place any other project does, with File -&gt; New Project. With that in mind, we&#8217;re excited to share new  <a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/u\/s!AmzVOeW-7vuKkit3-GlHfjb8Adlz\">cross-platform mobile apps<\/a> for iOS, Android, and Windows 10 that will eventually become a part of the File -&gt; New Project experience for Xamarin developers, but that you can use today to bootstrap your own cross-platform mobile app development.<\/p>\n<h2>Your feedback matters<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re sharing these projects early so that we can incorporate your feedback into our upcoming templates. If you have ideas for how we can improve the apps, please <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/80526\/preview-visual-studio-connected-apps-template-feedback\">let us know on the Xamarin Forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll select one random Xamarin community member who leaves feedback to receive a free code for <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/build-c-f-apps-on-your-ipad-with-continuous\/\">Continuous<\/a>, a C# and F# IDE for the iPad. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/Artboard.png\" alt=\"Connected App Template\" width=\"1974\" height=\"1000\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28284\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Try Out Bootstrapped Apps Today<\/h2>\n<p>You can try out the apps in just two simple steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/u\/s!AmzVOeW-7vuKkit3-GlHfjb8Adlz\">Download the bootstrapped apps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Open one of the four bootstrapped apps in Visual Studio.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Connected Mobile Apps<\/h2>\n<p>Many mobile applications also require cloud backends. The bootstrapped apps launched today also include &#8220;connected&#8221; versions of the apps that include a preconfigured cloud data storage layer with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/app-service\/mobile\/\">Azure Mobile Apps<\/a>, complete with online\/offline synchronization and automatic conflict resolution, as well as built-in support for five identity providers: Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft accounts, and Azure Active Directory. <\/p>\n<p>To try out the connected apps, you&#8217;ll need to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/downloads\/\">Azure .NET SDK<\/a> for Visual Studio installed. 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