For this hack, we recommend usage of IBM's Bluemix (Watson/Alchemy/Cloudant) Services as your service/Backend with Xamarin. The below documentation will help you in setting up and getting started with IBM Bluemix. #Getting Started With IBM Bluemix Before looking into the samples, Follow the steps below to create a bluemix account and an app with credentials required to access the required API/service.
##Setting up Bluemix to access Watson/Cloudant Services.
- Visit https://ibm.biz/bluemixapp and Sign-up .
- On successful account creation, you will receive an email with a link to authenticate (this is a 30 day trial only).
- Now log into your bluemix account and Click on DASHBOARD.
- On the left pane, click on "Create a Space" and give a proper name for your new space. To understand more on Organizations and spaces visit https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/#acctmgmt/index.html#acctmgmt.
- Now navigate to CATALOG and create a new service of your choice.
- For credentials (Username / Password), DASHBOARD-> App ->Service -> "Show Credentials".
More info - http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/doc/getting_started/ ###Watson API Reference - http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/apis/ http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-watson-qaapi-app/
###Cloudant Database Documentation - https://docs.cloudant.com/database.html#undefined