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what are the advantages and disadvantages of Xamarin and QT?
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C++ and Qt is a good choice for developing a mobile application. Especially if you need at least two versions for different platforms.
Since its appearance in 2011, Xamarin has become a great option for cross-platform app development, a faster way to build iOS, Android, and Windows apps.
By far the biggest drawback of Xamarin can be its price. Xamarin itself is Free and Open-Source, but that changes when you want to use it in an enterprise setting. Although you can use any IDE to develop with Xamarin, in order to take full advantage of Xamarin's features, you'll probably want to use Visual Studio.
In May 2020, Microsoft announced that Xamarin. Forms, a major component of its mobile app development framework, would be deprecated in November 2021 in favour of a new .
I haven't tried Xamarin. Qt handles well on iOS and Android. It doesn't give the exact native look and feel, and going to a bunch of different screen resolutions and sizes gets to be kind of painful. I recently finished publishing a Qt app using Widgets, no QML, to iOS and Android (and Mac and PC).
The pop up support for iOS is weird. Stylesheets are very helpful. Managing the keyboard popping out and the Done button is a little weird.
Overall it still is Qt, and is an awesome cross platform tool. Signals and Slots are great.
Hope that helps.
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