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What does Xamarin give VS?
• A .Net RunTime on Android
• Android “New Project”
templates
• C# bindings to Android Java
Class Libraries
• … with C# semantics
• Linq, async, .Net, …
• Tools for Compilation,
Deployment, Debugging
and Publishing
• Nuget & components
• A fast Android emulator
• Excellent docs
• An axml designer
• Prompt platform updates
(phone, tablet, tv, watch…)
• A .Net RunTime on iOS
• iPhone and iPad “New
Project” templates
• C# bindings to ObjectiveC
Class Libraries
• … with C# semantics
• Linq, async, .Net, …
• Tools for Compilation,
Deployment, Debugging
and Publishing
• Nuget & components
• Excellent docs
• A storyboard designer
• Prompt platform updates
(iOS x, 64-bit, AppleWatch?)
• PCL support
• F# support – first class!
• Libraries (Xamarin.Mobile,
Xamarin.Social, Xamarin
Forms)
• Profilers
• A cracking installer
• Sketches
• Excellent docs + Xamarin
University
• Xamarin Test Cloud
• Xamarin Insights
• A future decoded?
• The aqueducts?