There are many potential options when it comes to building cross-platform applications. They offer varying level of code reuse and usually an inverse level of device capabilities. The tools offered by ...

Microsoft yesterday made the huge new release of Visual Studio 2015 available for download, with an embrace of cross-platform mobile development for Android -- and even iOS -- apps. While the flagship ...

Visual Studio has always been a big product with a raft of features that grew with each release. Visual Studio 2015 extends that trend in ways I never expected to see from Microsoft. Cross-platform ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft bought Xamarin, the popular C#-and-.NET-on-iOS-and-Android, last month. At its Build developer conference today, the company announced the first big step for its new ...

Visual Studio 2015 offers productivity gains and cross-platform development Your email has been sent After looking at the preview of Visual Studio 2015, Tony Patton says his overall first impressions ...

Xamarin, which allows C# and .NET developers to built native Android and iOS apps, is now bundled with all versions of Visual Studio. Yes, that includes the free Community Edition — and Microsoft ...

Xamarin is making C# development one step easier for iOS developers, enabling them to build applications in C# using Visual Studio. On February 20, Xamarin announced immediate availability of Xamarin ...

Xamarin, the mobile application development startup Microsoft was eyeing as an acquisition target a few months ago, is continuing to become more strategically important to Microsoft developers by ...

One of the hardest challenges of mobile development is how to minimize the cost of building the same application for multiple platforms. Nick shows how to use Xamarin.Forms to develop a cross-platform ...