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Xamarin
American software company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xamarin is a Microsoft-owned San Francisco-based software company founded in May 2011[2] by the engineers that created Mono,[3] Xamarin.Android (formerly Mono for Android) and Xamarin.iOS (formerly MonoTouch), which are cross-platform implementations of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Common Language Specifications (often called Microsoft .NET).
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Software industry |
Founded | May 16, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-05-16)[1] |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman |
Parent | Microsoft (2016–present) |
Website | xamarin |
Footnotes / references [2] |
With a C#-shared codebase, developers can use Xamarin tools to write native Android, iOS, and Windows apps with native user interfaces and share code across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux.[4] According to Xamarin, over 1.4 million developers were using Xamarin's products in 120 countries around the world as of April 2017.[5]
On February 24, 2016, Microsoft announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xamarin.[6]
Microsoft ended support for Xamarin on May 1, 2024 in favor of .NET MAUI.[7]