Xamarin is furthering its mission to make C# the mobile-development language of choice by allowing iOS coders to use Microsoft's Visual Studio.

With Xamarin's new .NET mobility scanner service, developers gain insight into how much of their existing .NET libraries can be reused in apps for each mobile platform using Xamarin and are able to ...

After extolling the virtues of C# and Xamarin, Montemagno moved into some live demonstrations that showed the introductory workbook exercises and creating a cross-platform app. "Sharing .NET code is ...

Microsoft unveils a new organization to drive its ongoing efforts to contribute more .NET code to open source, and it's partnering with a hot mobile startup.

Microsoft for years treated open source like the plague. That's all forgotten now, as the software giant unveils plans to open source its .NET programming language and let developers use it for ...

From the truth-is- stranger-than-fiction files, Microsoft -- along with its mobile-dev tool partner Xamarin -- is creating a new foundation to open source more .Net technologies.

Xamarin has C# compilers for iOS and Android, with substantial compatibility with Microsoft .NET, but does not include a cross-platform framework for the GUI.

Microsoft's evolution of Xamarin.Forms, .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI), has finally reached General Availability status, providing one framework for both mobile apps and, now, desktop apps.

One significant disadvantage of using .NET MAUI is its relatively new status in the market. As an evolution of Xamarin.Forms, MAUI may still have some growing pains and unresolved issues.

Custom Renderers will remain used as a native implementation of Xamarin.CommunityToolkit.MauiCompact; on the other hand, CommunityToolkit.Maui the package will use .NET MAUI Handlers.