Cordova verus xamarin?

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Hi,

I want to build an app to run on android that will connect to a on premise back office webapi, it needs to access built in barcode scanner (zebra tc55), it is a business application (stock control).

I am not sure on the best approach, cordova or xamarin they both seem to do the job, unsure what is the most suitable. From a skills point of view I know c#, html, css, jquery, json, etc......

Any ideas on the best way forward?

What I have tried:

I haven't used either yet, so I am looking for some advice, as I don't want (or have the time) to go down the wrong route.

Posted 4-Oct-16 21:56pm

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Updated 5-Oct-16 3:05am

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[no name] 5-Oct-16 6:26am

Simple, get cordova, try it out, get xamarin, try it out. Does either meet your needs? Use the one that you found that met your needs.

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David_Wimbley · Answer 1 · 2016-10-05T03:05:00

Both cordova and xamarin have their pros and cons. We don't know anything about your project or what you are trying to accomplish so the only thing we can suggest is try both and see what you like.

Cordova is more a web technologies framework for building cross platform mobile apps and xamarin is .net framework geared more towards building native cross platform apps. I have severely trivialized this but that is simplest way of putting it.

I suggest your do further research and evaluate what best meets your needs as only you know what your projects requirements are.

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