Start from template

start your xamarin project using a pre built template introduction in this section you learn how to get started with a visual studio template and get ready to use back4app in 5 easy steps prerequisites to complete this quickstart, you need visual studio and xamarin dependency an app created at back4app see more on new parse app tutorial 1 get the template download the template at back4app’s github repository you can do that using the following command line 2 open the project template open visual studio click on open project / solution open project / solution 3\ navigate to the project folder and click on open open 3 install required nuget packages we need some additional libraries for this example we will get them through nuget packages right click on app’s name in the solution explorer and click on manage nuget packages nuget packages 2\ press on browse, search and install the packages parse by parse parse by parse and xamarin android support v7 appcompat by xamarin inc xamarin android support v7 appcompat by xamarin inc 3\ wait for the installations to complete 4 setup app’s credentials update your strings values to set up the app’s credentials parse xamarin sdk uses these settings to connect to the back4app servers open your strings file /app1/resources/values/strings xml /app1/resources/values/strings xml 2\ go to your app dashboard at back4app website 3\ navigate to app’s settings click on features features > core settings core settings and press settings settings 4\ return to your strings xml strings xml file and paste your applicationid applicationid and dotnetkey dotnetkey see more at our back4app’s creating new app guide 5 testing your connection build your app in a device or virtual device ( shift shift + f10 f10 ) 2\ wait until the hello world! hello world! screen appears as below 3\ login at back4app 4\ find your app and click on dashboard dashboard 5\ click on core core 6\ go to browser browser if everything works properly, you should find a class named installation installation as follows next steps at this point, you have learned how to get started with android apps you are now ready to explore parse server core features https //www back4app com/product/parse server and back4app add ons https //www back4app com/product/addons learn more by walking around parse open source documentation for net sdk