
#### Table of Contents

1. Microsoft Mobile Center
2. How to use Mobile Center with Xamarin.Form

## Microsoft Mobile Center

Mobile Center bring multiple service into single web based platform for
developer, marketing person, manager. You can build, test, distribute and
monitor app's analytics and crash report data, so far it's support Native
Android, Native iOS, React Native and Xamarin SDK.

![Mobile Center - Microsoft](https://d1p0mp3f1fx0hz.cloudfront.net/_w3xroryfu.png)

### How to use Mobile Center with Xamarin.Form

#### Register via https://mobile.azure.com

Create your account and once login create apps for Android or iOS, at this
point (4/15/2017) they don't have support for window yet, but based on their
product Roadmap will do in the future. When create apps you will get app
secret, add to your `app's OnStart() method`, app class should be
inherit from `Xamarin.Forms.Application`. So following are the code
you need to add.

###### Add nuget to Xamarin.Form project

```
```

###### Add code to Xamarin.Form app's onStart method

```
MobileCenter.Start("ios={Your iOS app secret created at mobile center portal.};" +
                   "android={Your android app secret created at mobile center portal.};",
                   typeof(Analytics), typeof(Crashes));
```

Just adding nuget to Xamarin.Form porject and code, you might see following
error on debug window. So you'll have to add nuget to Xamarin.Form's Android
and iOS projects too.

**[0:] [MobileCenter] ASSERT: Cannot use Mobile Center on this target. If you
are on Android or iOS, you must add the NuGet packages in the Android and
iOS projects as well. Other targets such as Universal Windows Applications
are not yet supported.**

**In Summary, to use Mobile Center at Xamarin.Form**

1. **Create account at https://mobile.azure.com**

2. **Create an App for Android and an App for iOS**

3. **Add Nuget Package, Microsoft.Azure.Mobile,
Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Analytics,, Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Crashes to Xamarin.Form, Android and iOS
projects.**

4. **Add Mobile Center start code at App.xaml.cs**

5. Should see analytic data by run app on either emulator or actual
device.

#### Reference

  - About Mobile Center

  - Mobile Center Product Roadmap

  - Mobile Center Pricing


Mobile Center

Use Mobile Azure Center for Mobile Analytic Crash Reports and More