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Xamarin- A Rising Star For Mobile App Development

Mobile apps have become a non separable part of our lives. Enterprises and their users prefer mobile apps to automate their work life. As the demand for mobile apps development increases, there is a need to develop the apps with the right tools and appropriate approach. Longer development cycle for mobile apps is a major concern for businesses. But, fortunately, Xamarin comes to develop, test and deploy mobile apps rapidly across iOS, Android and Windows.

Some Important Points To Know About Xamarin-

Xamarin is the most popular open-source cross platform development frameworks that allow developers to build scalable, feature rich and also secure mobile applications. Here are some of the important points that you must know before selecting xamarin for app development.

1.Native Like Performance- Cross platform apps developed with Xamarin are categorized as native. Their performance metrics are comparable with Java for Android app development and Swift for native iOS.
2.Better User Experience- Apps developed with Xamarin appears completely native on all devices and hence offers better user performance.
3.Code Reusability- To build an app, Xamarin uses C# with .Net framework which means you can reuse the 95% of code and hence the development process becomes faster.
4.Easy Maintenance- Apps that are built with the Xamarin are easy to maintain and update also.
5.Use Of Xamarin.Forms- Xamarin.Forms is used to create apps that need less platform-specific functionality by using rapid prototyping.

Most Powerful Ways To Develop Mobile Apps Rapidly With Xamarin-

1. Using In-Built UI Frames And Controls-
Rather than jumping directly into developing mobile apps for ios, Android and windows separately, enterprises uses Xamarin to deploy these apps. This platform offers multiple in-built UI frames and pages with more than 40 cross platform layouts and controls to be used and hence development time reduces. These ready layouts and controls include lists, labels, buttons, gestures and so on. Xamarin experts use these particular controls to share the backend C# code across platforms so as to rapidly build completely native mobile applications.

2. Consider Cross-Platform Mobile App Solutions-
For multi-platform development native mobile apps come with heavy development overheads. To share the code across platforms for native apps, Xamarin is perfect. 75% of source code can be shared across iOS, Android and Windows for the faster time-to-market across cross-platform apps..

3. Adopt Lean Development Approach-
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