I use Xamarin Android and while you are right about the ton of googling needed, it was always to search for Android API and almost never because of Xamarin itse

I use Xamarin Android and while you are right about the ton of googling needed, it was always to search for Android API and almost never because of Xamarin itself. Once found, it’s straightforward to convert from Java code to C# except a few cases (layout parameters for instance). The other issue is coming from a nicely design framework (WPF, Silverlight or WP7/8) the Android APIs feel ugly at times (gesture handlers for example).