The Android bindings design
The core parts of Xamarin.Android are the bindings for the Android APIs. The Xamarin team focused a great deal in developing a consistent approach to create the bindings so that a C# .NET developer would feel at home when using them. This has resulted in a number of key benefits as follows:
- The Android API feels natural to a C# .NET developer and allows the developer to explore the API using the code completion and pop-up documentation from within the IDE
- C# developers can leverage the vast array of Java/Android examples and documentation that can be easily transformed for use with C# and Xamarin.Android
Design principles
The following are some of the key design principles for the Xamarin.Android binding. A complete set ...
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