I am a iOS / Android developer who has started to look at Xamarin for Business apps. As a hobby I make the odd 3D game and one thing thats always got me is having to write it for 2 platforms (Yes I do know about Unity, not my bag)
Xamarin seem to recommend Monogame for 3D work and I have a test project working on iOS / Android (woo hoo).
However, I read that it uses XNA which has according to my .net friends has been dead for years. I also read that MonoGame is moving away from it.
Does anyone know anything about this? If I want to use Xamarin and be cross platform, what should I be using for 3D rendering?
Is it worth trying XNA?
Monogame is an open source implementation of the XNA API. It uses the same classes and namespace than XNA but it is a new implementation that is cross-platform.
It used to require the XNA framework for its content pipeline tool. But since version 3.3, Monogame provides its own tool so XNA is not required anymore.