Hello Thomas,

Thanks for raising this question.

We are aware of the upcoming Xamarin's plan regarding unification of iOS and Mac OS API and support for 64 bit along the way. We will fully support the new unified iOS API by the time it is available, around early/mid January.

Since Crosslight lets you program most UI logic in the shared/core layer, the upgrades to the upcoming Xamarin unified API will be very seamless and straightforward. We expect very minimal effort for the upgrade process. That's made possible because Crosslight developers don't deal with the platform API directly. Most Crosslight's platform API are designed as thin layer mainly to provide binding capabilities and encapsulate view specific behaviors.

We hope you find this a good news. We will post more information as we have more updates regarding to unified API support.

Hello Ryan,

The view-specific properties such as appearance aren't common to be implemented as bindable properties. That's because each platform has their own type and API which differ with other platforms. In Crosslight, we designed the bindable properties to cover most user interaction logic that can be well separated from the view.

The good news is that Crosslight also allows you to create your own bindable properties, so you can create binding for certain properties not supported in Crosslight. This can be easily done through binding adapter, a mechanism that Crosslight itself uses internally for the built-in MVVM-aware components.

You can see an example of binding adapter in our Crosslight - Syncfusion chart binding sample which is a bit quite advanced. We are planning to publish a simpler sample with walkthrough later this week. At the meantime, you can try to learn from the chart binding sample to grasp the concept.

Hope this helps.

Hello Thomas,

Just to clarify, the vertical alignment issue supposed to occur in iPad 7.1 only, correct? Per our testing using the latest build, the vertical alignment looks good in iPhone, for both 7.1 and 8.1.

For your reference, the backlog for this issue is filed on CROS-635.

Dear Pedro,

Crosslight supports "custom cell template" which allows you to create your own cell with any number of information you want to present. This feature is supported in both iOS and Android.

In essence, once you defined the view components in the designer, remember to pair each name with the target member through itemBindingDescription.AddBinding method. We have published a tutorial for iOS which you can learn more in Create Custom Cell Template for iOS UITableView.

To see this feature in action, please check out our comprehensive Data Samples here. Once you get it running in simulator, head to the Custom Template sample.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for your questions Fredy.

Here are some answers to your questions.

What about performance...?

Crosslight is designed with best-in-class binding architecture that allows blazing-fast performance. We also shipped custom components that have been optimized for the best performance, for instances, Crosslight's table view for iOS and Android are built for the fastest scrolling performance, even when coupled with asynchronous images loading. We have stress-tested our components with hundreds to thousands of data without performance bottleneck, thanks to our advanced UI virtualization implementation.

What about designer (is there one designer for all platforms...?, is it usabled..?

Crosslight has a flagship feature called Form Builder. It's not a designer, although you can easily create a rich form just with some attribute-based metadata. For more complex views, you will need to use the designer from each platform. That's because the user experience for each platform is different, and we believe that successfulapps should implement an authentic, platform-optimized user experience.

What about open bug's..?

So far, we're pleased to say that Crosslight is the fastest growing product in the industry, with release iteration on monthly basis. Our team has deliver 5 consecutive release in the past 5 months, including dozens of major features and enhancements. You can check out our release history here.

Hope this helps.