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Is there a way to add Xamarin.forms to a Universal Windows App(UWP)?

I have a UWP application and I want it to be able to run into Android and also IOS using Xamarin.forms. Is there anyway to port it and run it on both of them?

Solution

  • Short answer: no.

    Long answer: Xamarin Forms is "Xaml" too, but works on top of a completly different framework.

    If you have used a good architecture, you can use all your viewmodels (or whatever your ui logic is called) and just put a Xamarin.Forms UI on top of that. With a little luck, you can reuse a lot of the structure from your existing xaml, but as most names are different, it is almost a complete rewrite. Or you could put a native UI with Xamarin.Plattform UI on top of your code.

    So if you want to go cross platt form, you have to add at least one completely new UI.