Xamarin Mobile Application Development for Android(Second Edition)
上QQ阅读APP看书,第一时间看更新

Chapter 2. The Xamarin.Android Architecture

Now that we have an understanding of the Android platform, let's talk about Xamarin. In this chapter, we will take a look at the architecture of Xamarin.Android and how it facilitates the development of Android apps using C# and .NET. This chapter covers the following topics:

  • The benefits and drawbacks of adopting Xamarin.Android
  • What is Mono?
  • Mono and Android Runtime side by side (peer objects)
  • The Xamarin.Android binding libraries
  • Development of IDE choices