Some thoughts after (almost) a year of real Xamarin use

Re:Some thoughts after (almost) a year of real Xamarin use by seanwilson on Saturday April 04, 2015 @07:22PM (#9322564)

Yes, it depends on the app if it's worth it.

You need to consider that developing two native apps is probably twice the cost of developing one cross-platform app for two platforms.

I think developers are overly aware of the differences between native and non-native apps, and overestimate how much a casual app user cares about a native experience to be honest. I'd love to implement native experiences for all apps I write but I have to take budgets into account.

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Re:Some thoughts after (almost) a year of real Xamarin use by MBCook on Saturday April 04, 2015 @08:24PM (#9322678)

> I think developers are overly aware of the differences between native and non-native apps, and overestimate how much a casual app user cares about a native experience to be honest.

I would expect the opposite. They may not be able to put a name to the issues or even describe them, but I'd expect average people to show a clear preference for native apps basically every time in a side by side test.

I think developers tend to underestimate how important good UI responsiveness and feel is.

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