Xamarin
E34609
Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.
Observed surface forms (9)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Xamarin.Forms | 0 | 2 |
| .NET MAUI | 0 | 1 |
| Mono for Android | 0 | 1 |
| MonoTouch | 0 | 1 |
| Xamarin Inc. | 0 | 1 |
| Xamarin Test Cloud (historical) | 0 | 1 |
| Xamarin mobile development platform | 0 | 1 |
| Xamarin.Android | 0 | 1 |
| Xamarin.iOS | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET development platform component
→
cross-platform development framework → software framework → |
| acquiredBy | Microsoft → |
| acquisitionDate | 2016 → |
| category |
application framework
→
mobile development framework → |
| compilesTo | native code → |
| designGoal | write once, run on multiple platforms → |
| developer |
Microsoft
→
Xamarin self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Xamarin Inc.
|
| feature |
.NET Standard support
→
NuGet package support → Xamarin self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Xamarin Test Cloud (historical)
Xamarin self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Xamarin.Android
Xamarin.Forms UI framework → Xamarin self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Xamarin.iOS
access to native APIs → binding to native libraries → code sharing across platforms → cross-platform testing tools → debugging and profiling tools → integration with Visual Studio → native user interfaces → portable class libraries support → single shared codebase → |
| integratedInto |
Visual Studio
→
Visual Studio →
surface form:
Visual Studio for Mac
|
| license | proprietary → |
| licenseChange | made free with Visual Studio after Microsoft acquisition → |
| originalWebsite | https://xamarin.com → |
| ownedBy | Microsoft → |
| programmingLanguage |
C# programming language
→
surface form:
C#
|
| provides |
bindings to native SDKs
→
shared business logic layer → |
| relatedTo | .NET MAUI → |
| supersededBy | .NET MAUI → |
| supportsPlatform |
Android
→
Windows → iOS → macOS → tvOS → watchOS → |
| targetApplicationType |
cross-platform applications
→
desktop applications → mobile applications → |
| usesTechnology |
.NET ecosystem
→
surface form:
.NET
|
| website | https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin → |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MonoTouch
this entity surface form:
Mono for Android
this entity surface form:
Xamarin Test Cloud (historical)
this entity surface form:
Xamarin mobile development platform
subject surface form:
NuGet
this entity surface form:
Xamarin.Forms
subject surface form:
C#
subject surface form:
C#
this entity surface form:
.NET MAUI