An open-source framework for building iOS, Android, and Windows apps
cross-platform user interfaces
Xamarin.Forms is a feature of Xamarin, the popular mobile development framework that extends the .NET developer platform with tools and libraries for building mobile apps.
Xamarin.Forms is an open-source cross-platform framework from Microsoft for building iOS, Android, & Windows apps with .NET from a single shared codebase.
Use Xamarin.Forms built-in pages, layouts, and controls to build and design mobile apps from a single API that is highly extensible. Subclass any control to customize their behavior or define your own controls, layouts, pages, and cells to make your app pixel perfect.
Framework
Xamarin.Forms are more than just a cross-platform UI library, it is a full application framework that includes everything you need to build mobile apps. This includes cross-platform navigation, animation APIs, dependency service, messaging center, and more.
MVVM
MVVM is a design pattern used to decouple user interface (view), data (model), and application logic (view model). Xamarin has built-in support for the MVVM pattern including data binding, making it easy to follow this design pattern so that you can create application code that’s better tested and easier to extend without requiring radical changes.
UI with XAML
Build user interfaces declaratively with XAML and share them across mobile and desktop platforms. However, if XAML is not your cup of tea, you can create equally powerful and performant UIs using C# instead.
Access native platform features
Easily integrate native user interface features with platform specifics such as iOS Safe Area, Android elevation, and Windows ListView selection mode both from C# and XAML.
Visual API
The Visual API in Xamarin.Forms help to deliver a consistent Material Design look and feel across your iOS and Android apps. Visual includes built-in support for Material Design and is fully extensible.
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