Yes, Xamarin produces a compiled executable, as you would get in Swift or Objective-C. It is not a web view hybrid.

I work for Microsoft

Hey, PM at Microsoft here. I have used this often, and I find it to be perfectly suited for quick mockups and testing new ideas. However, it is still a preview, so there may be cases where live apps may fail on the device. Be sure to let us know, we are eager to improve this product!

Hey,

Good catch! I will request that we add system requirements to out page. I am going to suggest they are added to https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/vs-mac/preview/vs-mac...

Disclosure: I work at Microsoft on Xamarin

Hey! I work on the Xamarin team at Microsoft, and I would like to help out on this! Are you able to send me the crash logs or application output? Thanks!

Sure here are the logs:

[art] Not late-enabling -Xcheck:jni (already on) [AndroidRuntime] Shutting down VM [AndroidRuntime] FATAL EXCEPTION: main [AndroidRuntime] Process: com.greenrobot.testapp, PID: 3218 [AndroidRuntime] java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider mono.MonoRuntimeProvider: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to find application Mono.Android.Platform.ApiLevel_23 or Xamarin.Android.Platform! [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5156) [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4748) [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4688) [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java) [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1405) [AndroidRuntime] at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) [AndroidRuntime] at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417) [AndroidRuntime] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) [AndroidRuntime] at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) [AndroidRuntime] at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) [AndroidRuntime] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to find application Mono.Android.Platform.ApiLevel_23 or Xamarin.Android.Platform! [AndroidRuntime] at mono.MonoRuntimeProvider.attachInfo(MonoRuntimeProvider.java:38) [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5153) [AndroidRuntime] ... 10 more [AndroidRuntime] Caused by: android.content.pm.PackageManager$NameNotFoundException: Xamarin.Android.Platform [AndroidRuntime] at android.app.ApplicationPackageManager.getApplicationInfo(ApplicationPackageManager.java:304) [AndroidRuntime] at mono.MonoRuntimeProvider.attachInfo(MonoRuntimeProvider.java:32) [AndroidRuntime] ... 11 more [Process] Sending signal. PID: 3218 SIG: 9

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Hey,

Just emailed you via our support system :)

Thanks!

Thank you, the problem is now resolved for me.