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by mamcx 3233 days ago
Also, another question.

I have looked for xamarin.forms to be ready for years now, but still is very limited/inmutare. I'm building the most simplistic crud app with zero-care for good looks and good UI, yet every step requiere a workaround (for example, you can't have a Password EntryCell, you need to create it from code using a ViewCell).

Exist a lot of functionality available in the base controls not exposed in forms.

Now, with regret I'm thinking in use react native (that destroy the ability to use F#) or use HTML.

How much better will 3 be? Some place where I can talk about this?

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I find it weird that you consider it a workaround to put a Password Entry field inside a cell rather than using a "PasswordEntryCell", that's just simply nesting a control, in what platform don't we have have to do that? Might this platform or that one _have_ "passwordEntryCell" sure, but I fail to understand why such would be a first class citizen in your mind.

I also can't imagine jumping ship to React Native. If you're going to jump off Xamarin Forms and already like f# / .net then native Xamarin.IOS and Xamarin.Android are more easy, powerful and expressive than React Native.