We performed a comparison between IBM MobileFirst and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OutSystems, Mendix, Salesforce and others in Mobile Development Platforms."I like Its capability for developing hybrid applications, with an ability to integrate device-native code as well"
"With help of this product, we have been able to develop mobile applications without having complete knowledge of each mobile OS's native programming technology. App development, delivery, and code management have been very efficient using this product."
"IBM MobileFirst has one of the most feature-rich admin panels."
"Xamarin is well-integrated with Visual Studio so it will feel very familiar to you once you start."
"For me, developing apps for iOS and Android is a dream came true, without migrating to Objective-C or Java. Xamarin enables me to do so."
"My favorite feature of Xamarin platform is the Xamarin.Essentials package. I also like the changes seen in Xamarin's upgrade from Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI, because in the older Xamarin Platform, Xamarin.Forms gave you multiple libraries of a particular level for a single platform, whereas .NET MAUI comprises a single, organized library that contains everything needed for both Android and iOS."
"It allows us to reuse our knowledge of C# and .NET Framework."
"Being able to use the .NET framework and platform have me creating applications better than anyone who develops on Windows."
"Xamarin makes it easy to create white label applications for all platforms."
"Cross-platform development saves time and provides consistencies."
"Xamarin Platform's best features are its single codebase, the support from Microsoft, and the free libraries."
"There are issues with push notifications, especially for Windows mobile apps. JSONStore also crashes abruptly at times."
"I would like to see improved support for native device functions."
"Needs to improve the customization of its screens."
"The recent move to .NET MAUI is a big change that's affecting a lot of the good features."
"Xamarin Platform is missing the code renderer."
"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."
"It needs offline sync capabilities to store data on devices persistently."
"The problem that I faced was that the communication, the roles, and the responsibilities, weren't defined between Microsoft and Xamarin."
"Xamarin Platform lacks in app size."
"The solution struggles a little bit with binding libraries."
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IBM MobileFirst is ranked 14th in Mobile Development Platforms while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. IBM MobileFirst is rated 8.4, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM MobileFirst writes "It provides access management for the enterprise user as well as for the consumer". 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". IBM MobileFirst is most compared with IBM MaaS360, Ionic, Microsoft Azure App Service and SAP Mobile Platform, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, Apple Xcode, OutSystems and Mendix.
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