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?
- C# language: Xamarin utilizes C#language to create apps for all platforms making it the go-to option for building high performance apps
- Xamarin.Forms: It is used to create prototypes or mobile apps sharing up to 100 percent of the code across iOS & Android platforms
- Xamarin.Mac: Xamarin.Mac is used to build exciting applications for MacOS
- Platform SDKs: It provides access to platform-specific SDKs (Android SDK & Cocoa Touch for iOS) via a simple C# syntax
- 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
- 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
- Support wearable devices: Supports building apps for apple & android watch devices
Advantages of Xamarin:
- Fast development cycle: Its most distinguishing feature is the reusable code, 90% of which can be used on different platforms for building applications
- Shared App logic feature: Application logic makes it the widely used platform development tool
- 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:
- Knowledge of C# and ASP.Net – One of the key skills of being a Xamarin developer
- Code reusability: Skilled developers have no trouble defining how to use code across different platforms
- Xamarin.form lifecycle: This lifecycle is important for anyone developing Xamarin mobile applications
- 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
