What are Xamarin and its features? | Mobile Application Development Tool

In this article, you will learn about the Xamarin tool and its features.

It is a software company founded in the year 2011. After that, in 2016 it was acquired by Microsoft. Xamarin serves a huge number of tools to the developer that is used in the development of cross-platform applications. It is a framework that uses C# to develop cross-mobile applications. There are so many other tools as well which are used in developing cross-platform applications. Through the Xamarin framework, the developers can develop apps like websites for mobile apps using JS libraries. The website is more of a packed container that gives users the vibes of native apps. 

Xamarin is very different from other tools because it offers a single language C# and runtime which runs on different operating platforms such as Android, iOS, and windows. We write the code of Xamarin in C# language which gives the feel of the native applications. 

Features:

• Complete bindings for the SDKs: It contains the binding for the complete SDKs on both android and iOS. They are strong types which simply means they can be used easily and can be navigated easily. It makes the app less error-prone and gives high-quality apps.
• Access to C, C++, and Java libraries: The framework can directly invoke the libraries of C, C++, and Java. Through this, we can use a wide range of arrays of 3rd party code that already exists. It can also take the advantage of the existing iOS and Android libraries. 
• Modern language apps: C# is a modern language that is a much-improved version of C and Java. It has dynamic language features and functional constructs. 
• Mobile-cross platform support: It elegantly supports cross-platform for the three main operating systems Android, iOS, and Windows. The application is written in such a way that it can share 90% of the code. It provides a unified API to share the access of resources across all three platforms. It reduces the development and marketing time of the developer. 
• Modern Integrated Development Environment: Xamarin uses visual studio on both Windows and macOS. They both fall under the category of modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE). They have features like code auto-completion, solution management, project template library, and many more. 
• Access to base libraries: It extends the support of a huge range of base class libraries. It is a collection of comprehensive and streamlined features.