Chapter 2. The Xamarin.Android Architecture
Now that we have an understanding of the Android platform, let's talk about Xamarin. In this chapter, we will take a look at the architecture of Xamarin.Android and how it facilitates the development of Android apps using C# and .NET. This chapter covers the following topics:
- The benefits and drawbacks of adopting Xamarin.Android
- What is Mono?
- Mono and Android Runtime side by side (peer objects)
- The Xamarin.Android binding libraries
- Development of IDE choices
Getting started with Xamarin
Xamarin is a San Francisco, California-based software company, which provides commercial software development tools, that leverage the Mono open source project in order to allow you to develop applications for Android, iOS, ...
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