Anyone here tried xamarin? It's a 1:1 map of the iOS /Mac API. I love c# and wish I could use it to write native code. C++ is just too clunky to me to use daily

Anyone here tried xamarin? It's a 1:1 map of the iOS /Mac API. I love c# and wish I could use it to write native code. C++ is just too clunky to me to use daily. The one thing about iOS and Mac dev that I hate is the interface builder. Worst. ui. designer. ever.