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 (13)

Label	Occurrences
Xamarin canonical	14
Xamarin.Forms	3
Xamarin (legacy)	2
Xamarin.Android	2
Xamarin.iOS	2
.NET MAUI	1
Mono for Android	1
MonoTouch	1
Xamarin (roadmap)	1
Xamarin Inc.	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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xamarin Inc.
feature	.NET Standard support ⓘ NuGet package support ⓘ Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xamarin Test Cloud (historical) Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xamarin.Android Xamarin.Forms UI framework ⓘ Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xamarin.iOS 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 ⓘ surface form: Visual Studio for Mac
license	proprietary ⓘ
licenseChange	made free with Visual Studio after Microsoft acquisition ⓘ
originalWebsite	https://xamarin.com ⓘ
ownedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C# programming language ⓘ surface form: C#
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 ecosystem ⓘ surface form: .NET
website	https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

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

Visual Studio → supportsTechnology → Xamarin ⓘ

C# programming language → usedIn → Xamarin ⓘ

subject surface form: C#

C# programming language → usedIn → Xamarin ⓘ

subject surface form: C#

this entity surface form: .NET MAUI

F# → platform → Xamarin ⓘ

Xamarin → developer → Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin Inc.

Xamarin → feature → Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.iOS

Xamarin → feature → Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.Android

Xamarin → feature → Xamarin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin Test Cloud (historical)

MAUI → replaces → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.Forms

NuGet package manager → supportsPlatform → Xamarin ⓘ

subject surface form: NuGet

Rider → programmingLanguageSupported → Xamarin ⓘ

Rider → supportsTechnology → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.Forms

.NET Standard Library → supports → Xamarin ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → coFounderOf → Xamarin ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → employer → Xamarin ⓘ

Miguel de Icaza → developed → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: MonoTouch

Miguel de Icaza → developed → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mono for Android

Miguel de Icaza → notableWork → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin mobile development platform

Microsoft .NET documentation → topic → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin (legacy)

ECMA-335 → usedBy → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono runtime → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono runtime → usedIn → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.iOS

Mono runtime → usedIn → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.Android

Mono runtime → relatedTo → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin platform

.NET 5 → unifies → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin (roadmap)

Mono → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono → primaryMaintainer → Xamarin ⓘ

.NET MAUI → replaces → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin.Forms

.NET ecosystem → includesComponent → Xamarin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xamarin (legacy)

JetBrains Rider → supportsFramework → Xamarin ⓘ

Mono project → developer → Xamarin ⓘ

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