Advantages and Disadvantages of Xamarin Development

Xamarin is well etched in the market, it doesn’t need any particular introduction or explanation. Nevertheless, it is imperative to say that it is one of the most popular programming platforms used for developing mobile applications that run on both Android or iOS applications.

 

Advantages:

 

1. User Interface

The developer has the freedom to choose User Interface layout, a great benefit while designing apps according to user interests.

 

2. API Integration flexibility

Xamarin mobile application development also stands out because of its utmost flexibility to use same APIs and UI controls as found in developing Android, iOS and Mac applications. It supports the development for respective platform-specific programming languages such as Java, Objective-C and Swift. Such binding capability allows users to install new features no sooner than they are introduced into device’s OS.

 

3. Free And Backed By Microsoft

Xamarin is open source means free and comes with Microsoft’s development environment Visual Studio This means, if you have already bought and used that tool, you can start experimenting with Xamarin and it’s tools right away.

 

Disadvantages:

 

1. Can’t share codes outside Xamarin

Developers cannot share codes with other developers or teams if they are using only Swift, Java and Objective CA code written using C# and Xamarin, cannot be shared as it is, instead you may have to import and bind Java & Objective C with C# if you want to work on this framework.

 

2. Issues of App file size

While being beneficial in many ways, Xamarin is also slightly accused of swallowing more time for additional job of adjusting app file size. This is mostly on the grounds that the liberal utilization of Xamarin's center libraries and usefulness loads the application stores with ridiculous application document size. The size edge in the store may go from 3MB to 15MB.

 

3. Updates Delay

Xamarin will update your business logic and Xamarin. Forms elements automatically, but there is always a delayed reaction to a new platform version. If a new version of Android dropped today, you would have to wait for wait a few days before the Xamarin team updates the tools so that you can update your app.