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Xamarin lets you build native apps for Android, iOS, and macOS using .NET code and platform-specific user interfaces. Xamarin.Forms allows you to build native apps, with shared UI code written in C# or XAML.

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Xamarin.Forms cross-platform

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Get started with Xamarin.Forms

Build cross-platform Android & iOS apps using C# and .NET in Visual Studio on Windows and macOS.

Build your first app

Follow a tutorial

Leverage existing knowledge

Xamarin.Forms common tasks

Important concepts for building Android & iOS apps with Xamarin.Forms

Learn about the app lifecycle

Understand how apps start and go to the background.

Show a list of data

Use the ListView to scroll and select data.

Use XAML & data-binding

Use the MVVM pattern to show data in your UI.

Expose platform-specific features

Use Android- or iOS-specific features in Xamarin.Forms apps.

Xamarin.Essentials

Cross-platform APIs for common device features.

Access a REST web service

Integrate and interact with web services using HTTP and JSON

Deploy to Android & iOS devices

Upload to test devices and app stores.

Render SkiaSharp graphics

Render cross-platform 2D vector graphics.

Mobile developer tools

iOS Simulator for Windows

Interact with the iOS Simulator using Visual Studio on Windows.

Profiler

Identify and fix performance issues.

.NET embedding

Allows your existing .NET code to be consumed from other programming languages.

MonoGame

Build desktop, mobile, and console games with C#.

Xamarin platforms overview

Xamarin.Forms cross-platform

Android

iOS

Mac

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