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Xamarin is an open-source platform for building modern applications for Android, iOS & Windows applications with .NET. Running in a managed environment it provides memory allocation & garbage collection convenience while managing shared code communication with underlying platform code.
It is for developers who :

  • Share code, test and business logic across platforms
  • Write cross-platform applications in C# with Visual Studio


What are the main features of Xamarin?

  1. C# language: Xamarin utilizes C#language to create apps for all platforms making it the go-to option for building high performance apps
  2. Xamarin.Forms: It is used to create prototypes or mobile apps sharing up to 100 percent of the code across iOS & Android platforms
  3. Xamarin.Mac: Xamarin.Mac is used to build exciting applications for MacOS
  4. Platform SDKs: It provides access to platform-specific SDKs (Android SDK & Cocoa Touch for iOS) via a simple C# syntax
  5. Modern IDE: Xamarin uses Visual Studio, a modern IDE with exciting features like solution management system, a comprehensive project template library, integrated source control code auto completion & more
  6. Robust Base class library: It uses .NET BCL, a large collection of classes having world class features like Database, Serialization, powerful XML, IO, string & networking support
  7. Support wearable devices: Supports building apps for apple & android watch devices

Advantages of Xamarin:

  1. Fast development cycle: Its most distinguishing feature is the reusable code, 90% of which can be used on different platforms for building applications
  2. Shared App logic feature: Application logic makes it the widely used platform development tool
  3. Wide ranged component store: It allows the exchange of components & cooperation

How to hire the best Xamarin developer?
One must consider below proven skills before hiring a Xamarin developer:

  1. Knowledge of C# and ASP.Net – One of the key skills of being a Xamarin developer
  2. Code reusability: Skilled developers have no trouble defining how to use code across different platforms
  3. Xamarin.form lifecycle: This lifecycle is important for anyone developing Xamarin mobile applications
  4. Boxing & unboxing concept: Boxing & unboxing are used for type conversion in C#. The concept highlights how any value type can be treated as an object in C#’s view of the type system