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Xamarin

Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another step toward greater openness

Microsoft is taking increasingly bolder steps toward the openness it has embraced under CEO Satya Nadella, announcing today that it’s joining the… Read More

Interview: Xamarin co-founder Miguel de Icaza goes from outcast to insider at Microsoft

SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time when Miguel de Icaza couldn’t get Microsoft to give him the time of… Read More

Microsoft to offer Xamarin for free with Visual Studio in new bid for Android and iOS developers

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft will marry its newly acquired mobile development technology from Xamarin with its Visual Studio software development tools, expanding… Read More

Microsoft ends Android emulation in Windows 10 Mobile, but keeps iOS porting tools

One of the biggest problems Windows smartphone users face is a small selection of apps. Microsoft hoped to solve that by… Read More

Microsoft to acquire mobile app development platform Xamarin

Microsoft today announced plans to acquire Xamarin, a San Francisco-based startup that lets developers build applications for a variety of different platforms using… Read More

News Brief

Xamarin launches Test Cloud service to help developers test app performance

One of the difficulties in building a cross-platform mobile app is testing it against a battery of potential hardware configurations… Read More

Xamarin raises $54M in funding to bring Microsoft’s programming language to other platforms

Xamarin, the San Francisco-based company that allows developers to code applications for a variety of different platforms using Microsoft’s C#… Read More

Xamarin update helps Windows developers create iOS and Android apps

Programmers who use Microsoft’s C# programming language now have an easier way to build mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. Xamarin… Read More

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