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CometChat: Tutorial: Creating a Xamarin Chat App Using Chat API

Messaging apps are becoming omnipresent in today’s realm owing to the rise of Chat API.

We have put together a tutorial that will enable you to build a messaging app from scratch with no more than a few hundred lines of code without requiring a server or registration.

This article lays down the steps in a chronological order to build and implement Xamarin chat application using CometChat’s Xamarin Chat SDK which provides an easy method to send, fetch and receive messages in real time.

Step 1: Importing Packages

You can begin by creating a new Xamarin Android project.

The next step is to get Nuget Packages

Once the project is added, you must add packages from NuGet store.…