Comparing project organization strategies
You might be asking yourself at this point, how do I set up my solution in Xamarin Studio to handle shared code and also have platform-specific projects? Xamarin.iOS applications can only reference Xamarin.iOS class libraries, so setting up a solution can be problematic. There are several strategies for setting up a cross-platform solution, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Options for cross-platform solutions are as follows:
- File Linking: For this option, you will start with either a plain .NET 4.0 or .NET 4.5 class library that contains all the shared code. You would then have a new project for each platform you want your app to run on. Each platform-specific project will have a subdirectory ...
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