Difference between Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin Cross Platform

Question

I was 2 years old with the Xamarin Environment, and mostly I used Xamarin.Forms. But still I have no idea what the Xamarin Cross Platform is? Can someone explain some structural differences?

Answer 1

Xamarin has two ways to create mobile applications: Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Native. Both methods allow you to write cross-platform code.

Cross platform is just a concept. This means that the code you write once can run on multiple platforms. Xamarin is a cross-platform (mainly Xamarin.Forms) because it allows you to write code that runs on multiple (different) platforms.

Answer 2

When we talk about Xamarin, there are two approaches to developing your own applications:

• Xamarin's traditional approach
• Xamarin.Forms

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Share the code everywhere. Use the same language, API and data structures to share an average of 75% of the application code in all mobile development platforms. Build user interfaces with Xamarin.Forms and share almost 100%.

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Answer 3

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So, I would say this: Xamarin.Forms is one of the tools you use to create cross-platform compatible code that can then be built using the Xamarin Cross Platform technology, does it make sense?