iOS and Android developers: Microsofts Blazor for building mobile apps gains traction
Summary
Microsofts latest experimental release of its Mobile Blazor Bindings appears to be hitting the right note with .NET developers building native apps for iOS and Android. The February update, preview 2, includes new BoxView, CheckBox, ImageButton, ProgressBar, and Slider components for building key parts of a native mobile apps user interface. Additionally, Xamarin.Essentials is now in the project template, offering developers cross-platform application programming interfaces (APIs) for mobile apps that help create calls to get geolocation data, device status, clipboard access and more. While the mobile bindings project is still considered experimental, it is encouraging for fans of Blazor that Microsoft appears set to update it regularly and fix bugs. He details what sets Blazor and its mobile bindings apart from other popular JavaScript UI frameworks, such as Angular and ReactJS, and how it leans towards web developers existing work processes.