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As of March 2025, the mindshare of Xamarin Platform in the Mobile Development Platforms category stands at 6.7%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Educational Organization
17%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
University
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
Retailer
5%
Healthcare Company
5%
Logistics Company
4%
Government
3%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Media Company
2%
Insurance Company
2%
Consumer Goods Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Hospitality Company
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Pharma/Biotech Company
2%
Construction Company
1%
Non Profit
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Area Manager at Landmark Group
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Sep 21, 2023
Product version discussed: 16.4.0.6 for iOS ; 13.2.0.6 for Android ; 9.3.0.6 for Mac
It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities

Pros

"Xamarin.Forms reduced the effort and time to build and market our solution, market our features, and get our solution into production."

Cons

"The major I see with Xamarin right now is that there is no visual editor"
Prince Tiwari - PeerSpot user
Senior Software Engineer at AAPC
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Apr 24, 2024
Facilitates UI development with XAML, enabling shared UI code across platforms and reducing platform-specific work

Pros

"Xamarin.Forms are very useful. Essentially, it's a framework that allows me to create the UI mostly in XAML. This XAML code is then translated into the native UI elements for each respective platform."

Cons

"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. "
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Nishan Timilsina - PeerSpot user
Mobile Engeneer at ServiceLInk inc
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Aug 22, 2022
Product version discussed: 5.0.0
Lots or features with good UI and is fairly easy to set up

Pros

"You can just write one XM channel core and it'll be used for both iOS and Android."

Cons

"We'd like to have some chat support functionality."
Sattasundar Parida - PeerSpot user
Senior Project Engineer at Wipro Limited
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Sep 30, 2022
An open-sourced solution with an easy setup and a great framework for app development

Pros

"It is a true native solution, and we can use the cross-platform framework."

Cons

"Xamarin Platform lacks in app size."
Vishal Paliwal - PeerSpot user
Xamarin Developer at Cognizant
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Sep 13, 2022
Lets us build hybrid apps for Android and iOS, with top support from Microsoft

Pros

"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. "

Cons

"The debugging functionality could be improved in Xamarin Platform because sometimes it takes very long to move through the stages of setting up the application build to the final deployment on a mobile app that resides in a physical device. "
Irshad Mansur - PeerSpot user
NET MAUI Developer at Humani Media
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Apr 1, 2024
Easy-to-use platform with efficient application development testing capabilities

Pros

"The platform is easy to learn as many tutorials are available on YouTube."

Cons

"Regarding improvements, there are still some limitations with Xamarin, particularly regarding access to core functionality in Android and iOS. "
Mark Reynolds - PeerSpot user
Software Engineer (Xamarin/MAUI Mobile, .NET APIs, Azure Cloud) at rseg
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Aug 9, 2022
Develops cross-platform apps from a single code base and offers plenty of online training

Pros

"The combination of forms for cross-platform UI and C-Sharp for the programming language are my two favorite features."

Cons

"The solution struggles a little bit with binding libraries."
MH
Manager Mobile Software Development at SEAMGEN, LLC
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Jun 4, 2018
Helps reduce overhead significantly through code-share and reuse

Pros

"The Xamarin platform can reduce overhead significantly through code-share and reuse. The typical team size for a Xamarin project is significantly reduced compared to purely native projects."

Cons

"Xamarin's profiling tools are only available for the highest tier of MSDN subscription and compatibility with platform-native profiling tools is rather lacking. This causes friction when working on performance-related issues."