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blurring the lines between apps and mobile platform
Mobile Lead
Xpirit Netherlands
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189M
downloads
a day
200
mins on phone
127
mins in
apps
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On desktop, you designed for the web
On mobile, you design for the platform
http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/9/26/mobile-is-not-a-neutral-platform
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Native FTW!!1!
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iMessage
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iMessage
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Great, now what?!
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iOS Windows
Android
Objective-C
Xcode
C#
Visual Studio
Java
Android Studio
No shared code • Many languages & development environments • Multiple teams
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Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance
iOS C# UI Windows C# UI
Android C# UI
Shared C# Mobile
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Traditional Xamarin
Approach
With Xamarin.Forms:
More code-sharing, all native
iOS C# UI Windows C# UI
Android C# UI
Shared C# Backend
Shared UI Code
Shared C# Backend
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Mobile isn’t neutral
Keep up with the platforms
Open up your app
Decompose your app
Relatively easy to integrate