Last time I checked Xamarin Forms about a year ago it was still limited.
Is it better now? What are some of its limitations?
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It's still limited in that it's not a good choice if your app requires UI functionality that is very platform specific. I think that's intentional - it isn't intended to be the right solution for every application.
It's still a good choice if your app mainly involves displaying lists and tables of text and images, and data entry forms. The cross platform Map control works quite well too.
I don't remember exactly what is different now from a year ago, but if you list a few of the limitations you faced, I can tell you if they still exist. A quick look at the Pages, Layouts, and Controls section of the Xamarin Forms page might tell you if they've added things that were missing last time you tried it: https://www.xamarin.com/forms
Thanks for the info. From what I've seen things haven't changed much. The idea still seems to be that Forms is for simple apps that use a number of common components.
Yeah, it is similar to React Native ins that way. There's a limited set of cross platform components. In both Xamarin and RN, though, you can also include your own platform-specific components/plugins when necessary.
They recently added a way to use native components _directly in XAML_ inheriting all the binding goodness.
I agree that it is still difficult to have a 100% platform-specific look&feel, but it's an incredible time saver for the majority of apps which deal with _functionality_ and good Ux.