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similar, only better. In Codename One you end up with 1 java project to maintain for all supported platforms, in xamarin you end up with 2 project to maintain in c# (1 for each platform: iOS, Android)

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You might want to check out Xamarin's announcement about Xamarin 3. "Xamarin.Forms is a new library that enables you to build native UIs for iOS, Android and Windows Phone from a single, shared C# codebase"

Are you limited to a particular version of the jdk or can we use 7+?

Re xamarin... anything they do well that you do not (yet)?

It's a Java 5 subset, but we have plans for Java 8. Re xamarin - it's a good product targeted for c# devs

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