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LambdaNative: Cross-platform mobile apps in Scheme. LambdaNative is an open-source (BSD licensed) cross-platform development environment written in Scheme (Gambit-C), supporting Android, iOS, BlackBerry 10, OS X, Linux, Windows, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenWrt; Xamarin: Create iOS, Android and Mac apps in C#. Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

LambdaNative and Xamarin can be categorized as "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" tools.

LambdaNative is an open source tool with 1.15K GitHub stars and 85 GitHub forks. Here's a link to LambdaNative's open source repository on GitHub.

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William Miller
CEO at Stealth Startup · | 7 upvotes · 433K views
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We are developing an AWS IoT app for large boats. The IoT devices have sensors all over the boat for engine oil pressure, position, water depth, fuel level, crew location, etc. When the boat has internet, we interact with AWS cloud using lambda and Amazon DynamoDB. When the boat is offshore, the captain and crew still need normal and emergency alerts and real-time sensor information. The crew might have an Android or IoS phone or a Windows or macOS PC to receive alerts and interact with sensors. We may use the AWS GreenGrasss edge computing solution and either MQTT or HTML for that function.

Question: We want to develop a cross-platform client to run on Windows, Mac, Android, IOS, and possibly Linux. We are primarily Python programmers, so PyQt or Kivy are options for us, but we have heard good things about React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, and others. We think an AWS Greengrass core on an RPI4 could communicate to the client with MQTT or a local webserver with a client web interface.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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I don't know much about Xamarin but I know about PyQt and React Native.

However, I don't recommend PyQt because the apps made using PyQt are not that suitable for mobile apps. If you take a look at the PyQt interface, you will be able to see that the features are more of a desktop apps kind.

React Native uses JavaScript. React Native is immensely flexible in upgrading your apps because it allows you to formulate your app code into independent blocks.

In Xamarin, you have to write the code in .NET . The best thing about Xamarin is, that it extends the.NET developer platform with tools and libraries specifically for building apps for Android, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and Windows

While the best choice for you depends on various factors but React Native app development is a promising overall choice. In today’s scenario, React Native has steady growth, flawless code structure, and brilliant and large community support. We suggest you go for React Native for your next project owing to its outstanding support from developers, easy availability, and cost-effectiveness.

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Saamer Mansoor
Founder at The First Prototype · | 4 upvotes · 45.3K views

It seems like your app is not really using any native functionality on the phone. I have experience with cross platform iOS & Android development. They are all really good tools! Xamarin (all the project on the website portfolio I attached) is awesome for accessing native functionality (NFC, Sensors, Bluetooth, etc), and I have built apps that have millions of downloads, some that hit Top 5 on Utilities, another that hit Top 50 in Finances. You just have to look at what your application intent is, it seems like it's just to read and post data. For that they are all pretty good, but you should also look into Ionic which may serve the same purpose

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Pros of LambdaNative
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      Power of c# on mobile devices
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      Native performance
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      Native apps with native ui controls
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      No javascript - truely compiled code
    • 67
      Sharing more than 90% of code over all platforms
    • 45
      Ability to leverage visual studio
    • 44
      Mvvm pattern
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      Many great c# libraries
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      Amazing support
    • 34
      Powerful platform for .net developers
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      GUI Native look and Feel
    • 16
      Nuget package manager
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      Free
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      Backed by Microsoft
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      Enables code reuse on server
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      Faster Development
    • 7
      Use of third-party .NET libraries
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      It's free since Apr 2016
    • 7
      Best performance than other cross-platform
    • 7
      Easy Debug and Trace
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      Open Source
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      Mac IDE (Xamarin Studio)
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      Xamarin.forms is the best, it's amazing
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      That just work for every scenario
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      C# mult paradigm language
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      Power of C#, no javascript, visual studio
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      Great docs
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      Compatible to develop Hybrid apps
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      Microsoft stack
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      Microsoft backed
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      Well Designed
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      Small learning curve for Mobile developers
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      Ionic
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      Ability to leverage legacy C and C++

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        Build times
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      What is LambdaNative?

      LambdaNative is an open-source (BSD licensed) cross-platform development environment written in Scheme (Gambit-C), supporting Android, iOS, BlackBerry 10, OS X, Linux, Windows, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenWrt.

      What is Xamarin?

      Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

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        What are some alternatives to LambdaNative and Xamarin?
        React Native
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        Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
        Ionic
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