We performed a comparison between Apple Xcode and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Xcode is pretty smart. It's easy to set up and works perfectly on Android."
"The most valuable feature of Apple Xcode is that it is up to date."
"Xcode has quite a bit of code error checking built-in, which is great. It also goes a step further and suggests fixes."
"It is complete and relevant to the job at hand."
"It is stable and user-friendly."
"We like the ease of access and navigation that this solution provides."
"The tool's most valuable features are debugging and code management."
"I like Renderers in Xamarin. They allow us to use native-platform controls easily."
"The most valuable features are: One language for all platforms: C#; XAML for UI in Xamarin.Forms; provides 100 percent coverage of APIs on each platform."
"For me, developing apps for iOS and Android is a dream came true, without migrating to Objective-C or Java. Xamarin enables me to do so."
"Cross-platform development saves time and provides consistencies."
"The most valuable feature of the Xamarin Platform is the deployment."
"Recently, Xamarin has added a lot of features such as Effects, Behaviors, Triggers, etc. This has made the UI user-friendly, lively, and attractive."
"Xamarin Platform's best features are its single codebase, the support from Microsoft, and the free libraries."
"The most valuable feature of the Xamarin Platform is that both the UI are the same in Android and iOS, in one project and Android and iOS, are applications for developing PCL projects. Additionally, the dashboard is good."
"It is a bit challenging to sign in."
"There should be additional documentation on App Store deployment. In terms of features, they're pretty much on top of where they need to go. I've been happy with its progress so far. As things evolve, they need to evolve to match that need."
"We would like a 'light' version of this solution to be developed, as it currently uses a lot of memory space."
"The size of Apple Xcode could improve. It is too large."
"As Apple has introduced more and more features on top of Xcode, it sometimes, but very rarely, hangs."
"It consists of multiple components and needs a simplified process. This particular area could be more stable."
"There is a drag-and-drop visual system, but as soon as you do something dynamic, then you are unable to use it."
"The solution struggles a little bit with binding libraries."
"The android application compilation time needs to be reduced."
"The debugging functionality could be improved in Xamarin Platform because sometimes it takes very long to move through the stages of setting up the application build to the final deployment on a mobile app that resides in a physical device."
"Regarding improvements, there are still some limitations with Xamarin, particularly regarding access to core functionality in Android and iOS."
"Xamarin Platform can improve if there was a virtual test environment so we did not have to have a Mac system for the iOS testing. At this time You must have a Mac to deploy or generate IBA profiles."
"The solution always has room for improvement with price, integration, stability, and documentation."
"Xamarin Platform's performance base could be improved."
"There is limited support for UX widgets."
Apple Xcode is ranked 10th in Mobile Development Platforms with 7 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. Apple Xcode is rated 7.6, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apple Xcode writes "Efficient, up-to-date, and straightforward installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Xamarin Platform writes "It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities". Apple Xcode is most compared with OutSystems, Appium, Microsoft Azure App Service and ServiceNow, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Appium, Ionic, OutSystems, Mendix and Tricentis Tosca. See our Apple Xcode vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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