We performed a comparison between Apple Xcode and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is stable and user-friendly."
"Xcode is pretty smart. It's easy to set up and works perfectly on Android."
"Xcode has quite a bit of code error checking built-in, which is great. It also goes a step further and suggests fixes."
"The tool's most valuable features are debugging and code management."
"We like the ease of access and navigation that this solution provides."
"It is complete and relevant to the job at hand."
"The most valuable feature of Apple Xcode is that it is up to date."
"The platform is easy to learn as many tutorials are available on YouTube."
"On the market, compared to everyone else, they're the top solution. They're the best solution out there that I could see."
"Xamarin Platform enables you to use a single code language. This is beneficial for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms, so they can be developed over application or built over application."
"It brings about good code sharing strategies, which bring down cost and maintenance efforts."
"Xamarin.Forms exposes a complete cross-platform UI toolkit for .NET developers. The advantage is that a single team can target multiple platforms (Android, iOS, and Windows) on a shared C# codebase."
"This solution is a cross-form technology, meaning that we don't have to create separate code to deploy apps across different platforms."
"The most important impact is the reduction in product lifecycle costs."
"The combination of forms for cross-platform UI and C-Sharp for the programming language are my two favorite features."
"As Apple has introduced more and more features on top of Xcode, it sometimes, but very rarely, hangs."
"It is a bit challenging to sign in."
"We would like a 'light' version of this solution to be developed, as it currently uses a lot of memory space."
"The size of Apple Xcode could improve. It is too large."
"It consists of multiple components and needs a simplified process. This particular area could be more stable."
"There is a drag-and-drop visual system, but as soon as you do something dynamic, then you are unable to use it."
"There should be additional documentation on App Store deployment. In terms of features, they're pretty much on top of where they need to go. I've been happy with its progress so far. As things evolve, they need to evolve to match that need."
"The file size is a bit big, so you have to make certain layers."
"Xamarin Platform lacks in app size."
"In Xamarin.Forms, we have the option to preview our UI designs, but the functionality can be limited. So, this is not fully functional. Since I have some knowledge of iOS, where when you write code or design in the storyboard, your design is immediately visible in the preview."
"The solution does not include Hot Reload which is painful because it causes us to wait quite some time for huge builds."
"The recent move to .NET MAUI is a big change that's affecting a lot of the good features."
"There is limited support for UX widgets."
"The monitoring of the remote devices is not good as it should be extended along. It would be useful if the log is more integrated with the central console. I am not sure it can be accessed but it would be better."
"It is common to find a problem that you would need to develop from the start since there are no third-party components to reuse."
Apple Xcode is ranked 10th in Mobile Development Platforms with 7 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. Apple Xcode is rated 7.6, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apple Xcode writes "Efficient, up-to-date, and straightforward installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Xamarin Platform writes "It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities". Apple Xcode is most compared with OutSystems, Appium, Microsoft Azure App Service and ServiceNow, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, OutSystems, Mendix and Tricentis Tosca. See our Apple Xcode vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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