Xamarin is an excellent product which has brought revolution
in the field of software development. It is the one which brings the .net and
c# to both Android as well as ios. It is good to know that in spite being fully
.net; it is capable in producing true Android as well as ios apps at the same
point of time. This simply means that it holds the capability to fulfill the
distribution requirements of the Google’s and ios own stores.
So, you have learned some bits about Xamarin, but are
confused at its working. Read on for
clearing your doubts.
Basically Xamarin is based on top of mono touch. When we say
that, we mean that with it, it gets possible to develop both ios and Android
apps along c#. The ios of Xamarin does full ahead of time compilation which
leads to this interoperability. As the compilation happens, there is produced
an ARM binary which makes it compatible with Apple’s app store.” Xamarin.Android” takes the benefit of Just in time compilation on the Android devices.
What is full ahead of
time compilation?
Full Ahead of time compilation or AOT is the feature of the
mono runtime code generator. Mono time code generator works in two modes. The
first one is just-in-time compilation (also called JIT) and the second one is
ahead of time compilation (also called AOT). AOT itself can be broken in two
stages and the initial step calls for precompiling the assemblies. The second
step is automatic and in it, the Mono runtime loads any precompiled code that
has been generated.
Reasons supporting
the use of Xamarin for ios and Android cross-platform development:
- Lesser to understand and learn: Any experienced .net/c# developer would feel working at home along Xamarin. It makes one implement c# and does full implementation of the .net class libraries. New users of Xamarin are not forced to learn much and they need to learn only the C# language and one core set of classes that could be effective on both the platforms.
- It leads to faster time to market as Xamarin reduces the development time commendably. If you want a faster way of development, then it can be trusted with ease.
- There are fewer bugs- As it involves less writing down of the codes, there are chances of lesser bugs along Xamarin.
So, for cross platform development, believe on Xamarin and
reduce the overall development time with ease.
