Release notes

April 14, released Sitecore Mobile SDK 1.0 for Xamarin.

Compatibility
This version of the module is compatible with Sitecore 6.6 and later (including SXP 8.1 rev. 151207 (Update-1)), and Xamarin 4.

Highlights
The Sitecore Mobile SDK for Xamarin is a PCL (Portable Class Library) and provides a high level abstraction for Sitecore items that lets a developer operate with items and fields rather than with HTTP requests and JSON responses. 

Features:

  • Fetching CMS Content
  • Source HTML renderings from Sitecore CMS
  • Create, Delete, Update Items
  • Downloading and Uploading Media Resources
  • Protect security sensitive data

The library is PCL standard compliant and can be used on the following platforms:

  • Windows Desktop (.NET 4.5)
  • Windows Phone 8 and newer

The library supports the Xamarin platform, and through it, the following native mobile platforms:

  • iOS 7 and newer (with supporting of the iOS Unified API Projects)
  • Android 4.0 and newer

It uses the modern C# approaches such as:

  • PCL distribution
  • Async/await based API
  • Fluent interface