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"for All" ...except if you're running Linux. Thanks, I'll stick to native, React Native and Cordova.

• j_s 10y ago
  Is your concern developing on Linux or targeting Linux? I think Xamarin claims to have both cases are covered, though not nearly as well as other platforms. Any additional detail you can add to your anecdote would be appreciated!
  • mixedCase 10y ago
    Development on Linux. Xamarin dev on Linux is limited to MonoDevelop, instead of Xamarin Studio which is the one where you actually get some tooling for the purpose; and I'm not sure it's even possible to get anything of value done with Xamarin using Linux alone. Xamarin thought it was a great idea to fork MonoDevelop but completely drop support for a platform the application was already running on. Something that would blow my mind if I didn't know better the people involved with Xamarin at the start. Rather, a specific person. No points for guessing correctly who it is. With that said, there are a lot of alternatives for Xamarin. Last year I tested a bunch of mobile frameworks on low-end devices and it really doesn't compete with native, and in fact lost to Kivy in runtime speed, a Cython-based, community-run framework. Worth mentioning that it was about on par with React Native.