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As of January 2025, the mindshare of Xamarin Platform in the Mobile Development Platforms category stands at 7.4%, down from 8.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Educational Organization
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
University
5%
Healthcare Company
4%
Retailer
4%
Logistics Company
3%
Construction Company
3%
Media Company
3%
Wholesaler/Distributor
3%
Government
3%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Insurance Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Real Estate/Law Firm
1%

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Area Manager at Landmark Group
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Sep 21, 2023
Product 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"
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. "
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Nishan Timilsina - PeerSpot user
Mobile Engeneer at ServiceLInk inc
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Aug 22, 2022
Product 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."
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. "
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."
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. "
Ahmed Adel ElKhateeb - PeerSpot user
Senior Engeneer at Inetum
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Aug 7, 2022
Product discussed: Latest Version
Simple deployment, updated frequently, and good support

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the Xamarin Platform is the deployment."

Cons

"Xamarin Platform can improve if there was a virtual test environment so we did not have to have a Mac system for the iOS testing. At this time You must have a Mac to deploy or generate IBA profiles. "
PeerSpot user
Mobile Developer at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Xamarin Platform
Nov 29, 2024
Enables code sharing across platforms while struggling with third-party library support

Pros

"The native features and Xamarin Essentials package are highly valuable to us."

Cons

"The primary area for improvement is the support for third-party libraries, especially for major providers like Microsoft and Google. "