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  "description": "Xamarin was a cross-platform framework for building native mobile and desktop applications using C# and .NET. As of May 1, 2024, Xamarin is no longer supported by Microsoft, with its functionality and evolution continuing under .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI).",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-07-19T00:02:59.531Z",
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      ".NET MAUI: The direct successor and evolution of Xamarin.Forms, offering a modern cross-platform framework for building native Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows apps from a single codebase with .NET.",
      "React Native: An alternative cross-platform framework that allows developers to build native mobile apps using JavaScript and React.",
      "Flutter: Google's UI toolkit for building natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase using the Dart language."
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