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LanguagesC#
Mobile targetsAndroid, iOS, Windows Phone
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Pros
Pro Xamarin Insights and Test Cloud increase user experience
Pro Cross-platform
Apps built with Xamarin can run natively on Android, iOS and Windows Mobile. Xamarin compiles the same C# or F# codebase to native code that runs on several platforms.
Pro Open source
The Xamarin SDK is free and open source and released under the MIT license.
Cons
Con Build time tends to be longer than Android Studio
Con Slow to implement new features; must wait 1+ month to be able to access it
Con UI editing and creation is unstable
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