Xamarin

E34609

.NET development platform component cross-platform development framework software framework

Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Xamarin canonical	25
Xamarin.Forms	4
Xamarin.iOS	4
Xamarin.Android	3
Xamarin (legacy)	2
.NET MAUI	1
Mono for Android	1
MonoTouch	1
Xamarin (roadmap)	1
Xamarin Inc.	1
Xamarin Live Player	1
Xamarin Test Cloud (historical)	1
Xamarin mobile development platform	1
Xamarin platform	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Xamarin
Context triple: [Visual Studio, supportsTechnology, Xamarin]

A. Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
B. F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
C. .NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a Windows-based software development platform and runtime environment that provides a large class library and supports multiple programming languages for building and running applications.
D. C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
E. Dart
Dart is a client-optimized, object-oriented programming language developed by Google, primarily used for building web and cross-platform mobile applications (notably with the Flutter framework).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Xamarin
Target entity description: Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.

A. Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
B. F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
C. .NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a Windows-based software development platform and runtime environment that provides a large class library and supports multiple programming languages for building and running applications.
D. C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
E. Dart
Dart is a client-optimized, object-oriented programming language developed by Google, primarily used for building web and cross-platform mobile applications (notably with the Flutter framework).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	.NET development platform component ⓘ cross-platform development framework ⓘ software framework ⓘ
acquiredBy	Microsoft ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2016 ⓘ
category	application framework ⓘ mobile development framework ⓘ
compilesTo	native code ⓘ
designGoal	write once, run on multiple platforms ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ Xamarin Inc. ⓘ linked to: Xamarin
feature	.NET Standard support ⓘ NuGet package support ⓘ Xamarin Test Cloud (historical) ⓘ linked to: Xamarin Xamarin.Android ⓘ linked to: Xamarin Xamarin.Forms UI framework ⓘ Xamarin.iOS ⓘ linked to: Xamarin access to native APIs ⓘ binding to native libraries ⓘ code sharing across platforms ⓘ cross-platform testing tools ⓘ debugging and profiling tools ⓘ integration with Visual Studio ⓘ native user interfaces ⓘ portable class libraries support ⓘ single shared codebase ⓘ
integratedInto	Visual Studio ⓘ Visual Studio for Mac ⓘ linked to: Visual Studio
license	proprietary ⓘ
licenseChange	made free with Visual Studio after Microsoft acquisition ⓘ
originalWebsite	https://xamarin.com ⓘ
ownedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C# ⓘ linked to: C# programming language
provides	bindings to native SDKs ⓘ shared business logic layer ⓘ
relatedTo	.NET MAUI ⓘ
supersededBy	.NET MAUI ⓘ
supportsPlatform	Android ⓘ Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ
targetApplicationType	cross-platform applications ⓘ desktop applications ⓘ mobile applications ⓘ
usesTechnology	.NET ⓘ linked to: .NET ecosystem
website	https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Visual Studio → supportsTechnology → Xamarin ⓘ

C# → usedIn → Xamarin ⓘ

subject linked to: C# programming language

C# → usedIn → .NET MAUI ⓘ

subject linked to: C# programming language

linked to: Xamarin

F# → platform → Xamarin ⓘ

Xamarin → developer → Xamarin Inc. ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Xamarin → feature → Xamarin.iOS ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Xamarin → feature → Xamarin.Android ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Xamarin → feature → Xamarin Test Cloud (historical) ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

MAUI → replaces → Xamarin.Forms ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

NuGet → supportsPlatform → Xamarin ⓘ

subject linked to: NuGet package manager

Rider → programmingLanguageSupported → Xamarin ⓘ

Rider → supportsTechnology → Xamarin.Forms ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

.NET Standard Library → supports → Xamarin ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → coFounderOf → Xamarin ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → employer → Xamarin ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → developed → MonoTouch ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Miguel de Icaza → developed → Mono for Android ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Miguel de Icaza → notableWork → Xamarin mobile development platform ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Microsoft .NET documentation → topic → Xamarin (legacy) ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

ECMA-335 → usedBy → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono runtime → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono runtime → usedIn → Xamarin.iOS ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Mono runtime → usedIn → Xamarin.Android ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Mono runtime → relatedTo → Xamarin platform ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

.NET 5 → unifies → Xamarin (roadmap) ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Mono → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono → primaryMaintainer → Xamarin ⓘ

.NET MAUI → replaces → Xamarin.Forms ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

.NET ecosystem → includesComponent → Xamarin (legacy) ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

JetBrains Rider → supportsFramework → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono project → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

SGen → usedIn → Xamarin.iOS ⓘ

subject linked to: SGen (generational garbage collector)

linked to: Xamarin

.NET Base Class Library → targetPlatform → Xamarin ⓘ

System.IDisposable → availableIn → Xamarin ⓘ

System.IFormatProvider → platform → Xamarin ⓘ

System.IO.EndOfStreamException → platform → Xamarin ⓘ

.NET 6 → unifies → Xamarin ⓘ

MonoDevelop → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

subject linked to: MonoDevelop IDE

Microsoft Build 2017 → announced → Xamarin Live Player ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Comet for .NET → supportsPlatform → Xamarin.Forms ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

Comet for .NET → integratesWith → Xamarin ⓘ

Nat Friedman → coFounded → Xamarin ⓘ

Nat Friedman → founded → Xamarin ⓘ

Nat Friedman → employer → Xamarin ⓘ

.NET (via Mono) → laterDevelopedBy → Xamarin ⓘ

.NET (via Mono) → usedIn → Xamarin.iOS ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

.NET (via Mono) → usedIn → Xamarin.Android ⓘ

linked to: Xamarin

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