Xamarin
Free. Cross-platform. Open source.
An app platform for building Android and iOS apps with .NET and C#.
Free. Cross-platform. Open source.
An app platform for building Android and iOS apps with .NET and C#.
.NET is a developer platform made up of tools, programming languages, and libraries for building many different types of applications.
Xamarin extends the .NET developer platform with tools and libraries specifically for building apps for Android, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and Windows.
Xamarin apps are native apps! Whether you're designing a uniform UI across platforms or building a native user interface, your apps will behave the way users expect.
With the ability to access the full spectrum of functionality exposed by the underlying platform and device, as well as leveraging platform-specific hardware acceleration, and Xamarin apps are compiled for native performance.
Ready to take code sharing to the next level? Xamarin.Forms is an open source mobile UI framework from Microsoft for building iOS, Android, & Windows apps with .NET from a single shared codebase.
Whether you want a consistent look across platforms or prefer native look and feel, Xamarin.Forms will get you up and running in no time.
Xamarin is part of the open-source .NET platform that has a strong community of contributors from more than 3,700 companies
.NET is free, and that includes Xamarin. There are no fees or licensing costs, including for commercial use.
Xamarin has an active community that is answering questions, producing samples, writing tutorials, authoring books, and more. The Xamarin Universal Library project provides a great community-maintained list of Xamarin resources, and Planet Xamarin is a central location for community bloggers.
You can stay up to date with new content on the official Xamarin Blog and YouTube channel. Get quick answers to questions with an active community of developers on Stack Overflow or Xamarin Q&A, or visit the .NET Developer Community page for more resources.
Most applications need a scalable, efficient, and versatile back end. Whether you need storage, a database or intelligent services in your app, Azure has all you need to power your mobile front-end.
Use the same tools, language, and code to develop apps for mobile, server, and cloud.
