Ever since Microsoft announced the acquisition of Xamarin, mobile app development turned to the relative clan of the most popular app development across all platforms. The fact that Xamarin products were used by 1 million developers in 120 countries is an absolute testament to why it is the next big thing in mobile app development.
For a newbie, it’s just another mobile platform like Native or Hybrid, to develop apps using C#. But for major mobile app development companies, it is a boon for developers. In fact, Xamarin has taken hybrid and cross-platform development to a whole new level and is capable of combining all platforms (Android, iOS, Windows or hybrid and cross-platform) into a single mobile app using the same code.
Xamarin: What is it?
Xamarin is a product that works on .NET and C# to produce original native Android and iOS apps with the same functionality. It is a Microsoft proprietary code language that uses the cross-implementation of the Common Language Specification (CLS) and the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI).
Technically speaking, it is the shared code base that makes it possible to combine all platforms into a single application. Xamarin shares the C# code base for development. Using the code base, the best app developers in India develop apps for native Android, iOS, Windows, cross-platform and hybrid platforms and share them across multiple platforms.
Xamarin: Why is it important?
Suppose you have developed and released a native Android app and over a period of time, it has become a huge hit in the app market. What will be your next move? iOS platform??
Why start from scratch when you can take advantage of Xamarin’s shared code base that can help you develop apps on multiple platforms?
The additional benefit of Xamarin is that it can provide proprietary Microsoft products such as Visual Studio and NuGet, and it integrates portable .NET class libraries for coding. It also allows developers to add the component to their applications directly from the IDE. Backends like Azure, Salesforce, SAP, and Parse can also be integrated within the app. In fact, Xamarin offers the best of both worlds: native Java code capability and code reuse.
Xamarin:Products
Xamarin’s product is completely trusted by major mobile app development companies, no surprise! Rich application tools and built-in component store make it much easier for developers to manage. Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin Test Cloud, Xamarin for Visual Studio, Xamarin Studio, Xamarin.Mac, .Net Mobility Scanner, and RoboVM are the products offered by Xamarin (owned by Microsoft).
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