Xamarin Studio

Developing applications for various kind of devices can prove to be a challenging task, especially if you have more than one platform in mind for your app.
The C++ language is not very suitable for small-scale programs, while Java, although versatile and powerful, requires its own separate environment installed on the target machine or device. That alone would not be a major disadvantage, but it is much easier to develop applications using the native mobile environment.

Use the C# language for multi-platform support

Xamarin is a development tool that enables you to write C#-based apps for every kind of mobile platform, including iOS, Android and Windows devices. Beside the fact that you can deploy applications on the said devices, you can also keep a great portion of your code from one platform to the other, meaning that you do not have to rewrite it from scratch if you decide to make it available on another platform.
The C# language can be extended with a large amount of available libraries, SDKs and components that can be easily added into your applications using Xamarin's add-in manager. This enables you to include web development tools, deployment packages and IDE extensions to further improve the quality of your software.

Native user interfaces and API access

Xamarin delivers native user interfaces for every platform, to spare you the trouble of having to redesign the look and feel of your application when switching platforms. You also get the whole functionality package and data structures used on each type of device, thanks to the native application programming interface used by Xamarin in the deployment of your software.
All of this cross-compatibility and native support means that your apps can achieve maximum performance ratings on every kind of platform-specific hardware. Thanks to the dedicated compiling process that takes the target device into account, you can obtain better performance than if the application would interpret the code at runtime.

Closing arguments

Xamarin manages to make almost any mobile developer happy, thanks to its wide array of features and the complete range of platform support. It enables you to do less work by allowing you to reuse most of your code when you are developing applications for multiple devices at the same time and it also includes native user interfaces and APIs for every supported platform.
Esthetically speaking, Xamarin presents itself as a modern and completely functional application, with intuitive controls and the possibility to organize your workspace according to your personal preferences.