[cryptarch]

Like Xamarin for .NET Core?

[devoply]

Does Xamarian provide desktop widgets?

[Maarten88]

There is Xamarin.Forms, which is essentially cross platform XAML with a base set of widgets. It supports Android, iOS, UWP, and they are working on MacOS. No Linux yet.

[cryptarch]

I wouldn't recommend Forms, I worked with it for about 4-5 months full time last summer and it was unstable and unperformant.

[robertmwm1]

Last summer was a long time ago in Xamarin world. Works pretty well now.

[cryptarch]

Maybe it was Visual Studio Community that was making it worse, that thing was unstable as hell as well. So much time spent fixing project files...

[zerr]

Forms is the only real selling point for Xamarin. Too bad it doesn't have a good reputation.

[pjmlp]

The OS API integration, C# and F# are also selling points.

Qt doesn't support even half of the OS APIs that Xamarin does.

As for JavaScript based solutions, I don't intend to ever use it outside the browser.

[zerr]

I have same feelings for js in general, but I suggest you to try React Native. Just follow their official docs/tutorial. I was pleasantly surprised how straightforward it is. I believe you can as well use TypeScript.

[m_fayer]

I beg to differ. The xamarin stack on Android without forms is much preferable to whatever confused iteration of java+toolchain Google is currently offering.

[roryisok]

I'd like to see some benchmark comparisons with electron

[roryisok]

Is xamarin free?