What are the differences between Crosslight Form Builder and Xamarin Form?

Crosslight Form Builder is designed for developers to easily create rich data form targeting multiple platforms with a set of simple attribute-based metadata. Crosslight Form Builder is built with MVVM design pattern for the best separation of concern where the data input is provided in the model and ViewModel, which are then bound to the View in loosely-coupled manner. This means that Form Builder is not designed to unify the heterogenous views across different platforms which will cause a lot of issues and limitations.

Xamarin Form, in the contrary, is built with Unified View pattern which mixes UI definition, logics and input together. Since it unifies the views across all platforms, it can only provide features that conform to the lowest denominators of all platforms. This means that developers cannot leverage the unique UI features available in a particular platform. Compared to Crosslight, Xamarin Form falls short of architectural design and feels like an incomplete solution. It's a quick solution only for small projects and targeting novice developers who don't concern much on architectural aspects such as maintainability, extensibility, and scalability in the long run.

Unlike Xamarin Form, Crosslight Form Builder is only a subset of feature available in Crosslight. There are much more features that Crosslight has to offer, including a comprehensive solution for building enterprise-class mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8. It includes not only powerful frameworks, but also tons of gorgeous UI components, data access components, and best tooling support. Find out more about Crosslight's latest features at Crosslight Release Summary.

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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.

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Dear Pedro,

We apologize for the delay in getting you back. We typically respond within 24 hours for our product support. However, since we had a major product launch last week, there were a short delay in responding our community posts.

Your posts and questions should be well taken now. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to assist you soon.

Thanks!

Thanks for reply @Intersoft-staff

Some more questions to Intersoft:
- So... it seems that - if a user changes from XF to Crosslight - it have to start new from scratch...?
- What about support for Windows Phone?
   - According to some postings, some features / functions are not available for WP?
- Your wrote "Crosslight ist the fastes growing product in industry..."
 => So:
    - How many (paying) customers you had at the end of 2013?
    - How many (paying) customers you have today (end of 2014)?

I also hoped for more feedback from Crosslight-users...
Can some more Crosslight-users please give feedback here (real live experience)..?
Thanks

Fredy