An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) plays an important role in promoting the process of software development. There are several reasons for using an IDE; an IDE unifies common activities that developers perform such as debugging, editing source code, version control, and creating executable into a single setting. Besides that, by combining multiple lines of code into a single program, they can also increase developer productivity. Xamarin.Forms Mobile app frameworks cross platforms are now one of the latest developments in the mobile app development realm. Developers can design powerful, multi-functional mobile apps with cross-platform development frameworks that are compatible with iOS, iOS, and Windows devices. One such system is Xamarin. Xamarin is a great application for C # developers, as Xamarin uses C # as it’s codebase when creating mobile apps for iOS and Android platforms, they can also use the .NET libraries. Xamarin.form is an expanded function that Xamarin Developers can find Xamarin plugin on each of Microsoft’s provided IDEs, viz. Xamarin Mac Lab, and Windows Visual Studio. You are expected to use the Xamarin. Forms when you wish to create an Android device. Xamarin.Forms: Features Fast Renderers: Quick renderers are now supported by default in Xamarin, and this mainly benefits developers in Android. It comes with an optimized renderer which eliminates the need to tie the view group together. So, you can use the below flag if you want to go back to using the legacy renderers. Shell: With the new edition of Xamarin.Forms the tabs are now easier. Shell builds on the rapid renderer we described earlier since everything in the shell uses the same template. Pros of using Xamarin.Forms Prototyping for developers can be a time-consuming process. Developers can quickly test complex Mobile Applications with Xamarin.Forms. With Xamarin, developers can upgrade, make fairly simple changes to the app as opposed to other frameworks. For native, the procedures are the same, for each edition of the device only it is duplicated. Apps built with Xamarin. Forms can directly access the device’s hardware functionalities like NFC, sensors, etc., just like a native app. Xamarin.Forms offer developers two ways to create UIs. Using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), developers can create UI’s. At the same time, they can use Xamarin’s default API to fully create UI views with source code. Developers may use several templates as a container for views, as well as for other containers, with Xamarin.Forms. Android Studio Android Studio is Google’s offering and is Andriod’s official production IDE. As such, it is highly likely that as long as Android apps exist, its support will never stop. It’s a one-stop-shop for Android Wear, Android Phones, Android TV, tablets, and Android Auto apps to create. Android Studio: Features Integration of Firebase and Cloud: Android Studio provides developers with added support to connect the app to Google Cloud and integrated Google services such as Authentication, Alerts, Analytics, and more. Fast Downloads for Device Bundles: Device sizes are something that still annoys us while downloading. This is the key reason why Google has added support for bundles of devices, allowing you to set certain system configuration specifications for automatically installing dynamic feature modules during the installation of the software. You can also set conditional delivery based on hardware features like OpenGL Versions, AR Support, API Level, or even user region. APK Analyzer: Developers in Android Studio can use the APK Analyzer as a helpful tool. It allows developers to inspect DEX files, to evaluate the size of each component, and to display packaged assets as well. Pros to Android Studio Developers can easily create applications for all Android devices such as tablets, cell phones, wearables, Android Auto, and Android TV with this IDE. Since Android Studio is considered the official Android app-building IDE, developers may expect great community support. Android Studio also supports GCP (Google Cloud Platform) in its native form. Google has made Source Control a hassle-free process in Android Studio since it comes with Built-in GitHub integration, but it also supports other source control systems like Google Cloud Source Repositories.