awesome-xamarin
by XamSome
A collection of interesting libraries/tools for Xamarin mobile projects
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Mobile app development toolbox
A curated collection of libraries and tools for building cross-platform mobile applications using Xamarin.
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General
AutoMapper ★5,724
A convention-based object-object mapper in .NET
Fluent Validation ★3,570
Fluent interface and lambda expressions for building validation rules
Humanizer ★3,426
Manipulation and displaying of strings, enums, dates, times, timespans, numbers and quantities
NodaTime ★970
Alternative date and time API for .NET
Polly ★4,666
Exception handling policies such as Retry, Retry Forever, Wait and Retry or Circuit Breaker
Architecture
Behaviors Toolkit ★34
A means of adding common and reusable interactivity to your Xamarin applications with minimal code
Conditions ★48
Library that helps developers write pre- and postcondition validations in a fluent manner
Stateless ★2,294
State Machines
Async
AsyncEx ★1,253
A helper library for async/await
LinqToAwait ★99
A Task-based LINQ designed to work with async/await
Charts
MicroCharts ★1052
Create cross-platform (Xamarin, Windows, ...) simple charts
MPAndroidChart/iOSCharts ★6
MPAndroidChart/iOSCharts binding support use in Xamarin Forms
OxyPlot ★1,311
Cross-platform plotting library for .NET
Cloud
- Azure
Microsoft Azure
Bugfender ★10
Store your application logs on the cloud (iOS & Android)
FireSharp ★479
Firebase REST API wrapper
Database
Akavache ★1,692
An Asynchronous Key-Value Store for Native Applications
Breeze ★63
Data management library for developers of rich client applications
Couchbase.Lite ★299
Lightweight embedded NoSQL database
Lager ★2
Cross-platform settings storage that uses Akavache as a storage backend
Massive ★1,708
"wrapper" for your DB tables and uses System.Dynamic extensively
Realm ★690
Mobile database that runs directly inside phones, tablets or wearables
Settings ★58
Cross platform settings plugin for Xamarin and Windows
SQLite.Net-PCL ★340
SQLite 3 databases support, PCL, async
LiteDB ★4245
A .NET NoSQL Document Store in a single data file
DB4O-GPL ★8
Object-Oriented Database, Embedded and Remote connections supported
Fody
Fody ★2,150
Extensible tool for weaving .net assemblies
Fody / Fody ★2,150
- AutoDependencyProperty.Fody
Automatically generates DependencyProperty boilerplate from simple C# properties
PropertyChanged.Fody ★820
Injects INotifyPropertyChanged code into properties at compile time
ReactiveUI.Fody ★105
Generate RaisePropertyChange notifications for properties and ObservableAsPropertyHelper properties
Framework
- Ammy
Modern UI language for XAML platforms. Free for non-commercial development
Appercode.UIFramework ★13
Allows to build user interface of cross-platform mobile applications with single XAML layout
- Invention
Develop native apps for iOS, Android and Windows with 100% code sharing using Visual Studio and C#.NET
SimplyMobile ★103
Collection of abstracted mobile functionalities
Xamu-Infrastructure ★104
Extensions, MVVM classes, behaviors and other misc. useful code bits from Xamarin University
Game Engine
CocosSharp ★463
CSharp implementation of the Cocos2D and Cocos3D APIs
MonoGame ★5,276
Open source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4.x Framework
Paradox ★1,706
Paradox3D + Silicon Studio .NET
UrhoSharp ★275
Cross-platform high-level 3D and 2D engine
CocosCreator ★2
Xamarin binding for CocosCreator Engine
IO/Storage
- IO ★6
Access system folders and files using a familiar api
PCL Storage ★270
Consistent, portable set of local file IO APIs for .NET
FilePicker-Plugin-for-Xamarin ★37
Simple cross-platform plug-in that allows you to pick files and work with them
IOC/DI
Autofac ★2,169
An addictive .NET IoC container
DryIoc
Fast, small, full-featured IoC Container for .NET
Funq ★2
High performance DI framework by eliminating all runtime reflection through the use of lambdas and generic functions as factories
LightInject ★320
Light, simple and stunningly fast IoC container for .NET
Ninject ★2,034
The ninja of .net dependency injectors
Stiletto ★36
.NET port of Dagger, the lightweight Android dependency injector from Square
TinyIoC ★585
Single-class easy IoC container
Internationalization
I18NPortable ★49
Simple and cross platform internationalization/translations for Xamarin and .NET
Resxible ★9
Tool to generate automatically several platform-dependent resource files from a single RESX file
Vernacular ★167
Cross Platform Localisation, tools to convert standard strings formats
SimpleLocalize ★19
Open source tool for managing i18n keys in Xmarin projects
Layout
Flex ★128
Flexible box layout system
Media
EZ-Compress ★11
A simple image stream compression plugin for Xamarin
Fast & Furious Image Loading ★820
Xamarin library to load images quickly & easily
Lottie ★643
Render After Effects animations natively on Android and iOS for Xamarin
LibVLCSharp ★174
Xamarin bindings for libvlc, the multimedia framework powering the VLC applications made by VideoLAN
MediaManager ★269
Cross platform Xamarin plugin to play Media from PCL
NGraphics ★482
Cross platform library for rendering vector graphics
PDFReader ★51
iOS (-only) library to display PDF documents on iPad and iPhone
Screenshot Plugin ★21
A simple Screenshot plugin for Xamarin and Windows to get and save screenshot in yours apps
SkiaSharp ★920
Powerful C# API for doing 2D graphics. It is powered by Google’s Skia library
Splat ★590
Cross platform image loading, colors and stuff
SimpleAudioPlayer ★14
Simple plugin for plays local files and audio data as a stream
ZXing.Net.Mobile ★570
Barcode Scanning Library for MonoTouch, Mono for Android, and Windows Phone
SupportMediaXF ★2
Simple cross platform plugin to take photos or pick them from a gallery from shared code
MVVM
Bind ★158
Bind gives you easy two-way data binding between properties of objects
EBind
Concise, fast and feature-rich .NET data binding with some Xamarin goodies
FreshMvvm ★324
Super light Mvvm Framework designed specifically for Xamarin.Forms
Infinite Scroll Plugin ★24
A Plugin which facilitates forward-only incremental scrolling for a paged data source
MVVMCross ★2,657
Cross-platform mvvm mobile development framework
MVVM / MVVMCross ★2,657
Cheesebaron.MvxPlugins ★79
A collection of plugins
MvxAms ★1
MVVMCross Azure Mobile Services plugin
MvxForms ★1
MVVMCross plugin for using Xamarin.Forms
MVVM
MugenMvvmToolkit ★127
Cross-platform MVVM toolkit
MVVMLight
Cross-platform MVVM development framework
MvvmNano ★46
Small and smart MVVM framework made with ❤ for Xamarin.Forms
Prism ★2,365
Cross-platform MVVM development framework
ReactiveUI ★3,917
Rx MVVM framework
Wires ★28
Wires is a simple binding library
Network
Apizr ★4
Refit based web api client, but resilient (retry, connectivity, cache, auth, log, priority, etc...)
Connectivity ★200
Cross-platform network/connection status
CrossDownloadManager ★67
A cross platform download manager for Xamarin
Flurl ★1,295
Flurl is a modern, fluent, asynchronous, testable, portable, buzzword-laden URL builder and HTTP client library
Fusillade ★216
Set of HttpMessageHandlers that make your mobile applications more efficient and responsive
Messaging ★1
Make a phone call, send a sms or send an e-mail using the default messaging applications
ModernHttpClient
Accelerates HTTP requests by using mobile-optimized libs (NSURLSession / OkHttp)
NFC ★14
Xamarin plugin for reading NFC tags
Push Notification ★1
Simple cross platform plugin to handle push notification events such as registering, unregistering and messages arrival on Android and iOS
Reachability ★25
Online/offline connected check
Refit ★2,762
The automatic type-safe REST library for Xamarin and .NET
RestEase ★339
Refit on steroids, simpler auth, parsing
RestLess ★57
The automatic type-safe-reflectionless REST API client library for .Net Standard
RestSharp ★6,994
Simple REST and HTTP API Client for .NET
Sockets ★185
An abstraction over the socket helper classes of .NET and WinRT
Tiny.RestClient ★31
Description Simpliest Fluent REST client for Xamarin and .NET
Reactive
Akavache ★1,692
An Asynchronous Key-Value Store for Native Applications
ReactiveUI ★3,917
Rx MVVM framework
Refit ★2,762
Refit is a library heavily inspired by Square's Retrofit library, and it turns your REST API into a live interface
ReactiveProperty ★361
Provides MVVM and asynchronous support features under Reactive Extensions
RxFlow ★18
Simple Flow Control Library with Rx(Reactive Extensions)
Sensors
ACR Reactive Sensors Plugin for Xamarin & Windows
CrossPlatformLiveData
Android LiveData inspired .NET implementation - lifecycle aware rx streams
Security
Portable.BouncyCastle ★136
Portable version of Bouncy Castle with support for .NET 4, .NET Standard 2.0, MonoAndroid, Xamarin.iOS, .NET Core
BreachDetector ★11
Detect root, emulation, debug mode and other security concerns in your Xamarin apps
Cryoprison
Jailbreak/Root detection for Xamarin
Fingerprint Plugin ★165
Xamarin and MvvMCross plugin for accessing the fingerprint sensor
PCLCrypto ★184
Cryptography for portable class libraries (MD5,...)
Permissions ★255
Simple cross platform plugin to check connection status of mobile device, gather connection type, bandwidths, and more
Serialization
Newtonsoft.Json ★5,812
Popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET
- Quicktype ★886
Instantly generate classes and JSON serialization code from JSON
TDD/BDD
- FluentAssertions
TDD/BDD fluent asserts
NBehave ★47
Framework for Behaviour-Driven Development
VSMac-CodeCoverage
Gather code coverage results for your unit test projects from Visual Studio for Mac
Tools
Cheeseknife ★53
A view injection library for Xamarin.Android
IconFont2Code ★52
Generates a C# class with the glyph Unicode values in your font file (.ttf/.otf)
GradleBindings ★103
Visual Studio extension, for referencing gradle libs in Android projects
Material icons generator plugin - Xamarin Studio ★14
Adding material icons to android project
Material icons generator plugin - Visual Studio
Adding material icons to android project
Mutatio ★18
Visual Studio for Mac add-in/extension for converting old PCLs to .NET Standard 2.0 targeting projects automatically
PushSharp ★3,990
A server-side library for sending Push Notifications to iOS (iPhone/iPad APNS), Android (C2DM and GCM - Google Cloud Message), Windows Phone, Windows 8, Amazon, Blackberry, and (soon) FirefoxOS devices!
Twin Tools Add-In ★20
Productivity plugin for Xamarin Studio
Xamaridea ★69
Visual Studio extension, opens *.axml files in Android Studio
Xavtool ★15
Command-line utility to automatically increase iOS / Android / UWP applications version
Xamarin-APRTextFieldSuggestions
Xamarin.iOS Autocomplete suggestions for UITextfield in iOS
VSMac-CodeDistribution
A Visual Studio for Mac extension that visualises code distribution between projects. Particularly useful for Xamarin projects to understand the amount of code shared between platforms
UI
Xamarin.Forms.Breadcrumb
A control that automatically generated a breadcrumb control
Xamarin.Forms.StateButton
With this control you are able to create any style of button. This is possible as it acts as a wrapper to your XAML and provides you the events/ commands and properties to bind too
Passcode ★13
Xamarin component for locking an app with a passcode
SignaturePad ★117
Signature Pad makes capturing, saving, exporting, and displaying signatures extremely simple on Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android and Windows
XamEffects ★53
Touch effect for Xamarin.Forms
Showcase View
Native showcase view. An easy-to-use customizable show case view with circular reveal animation
Animated Circle Loading View
A determiante/indetermiante loading view animation
Animated Icon Button
An animated icon button for Xamarin.iOS
SimpleBottomDrawer
Just a nice and simple BottomDrawer for your Xamarin Forms project
SimpleColorPicker
Just a nice and simple ColorPicker for your Xamarin Forms project
SimpleAppIntro
Just a nice and simple AppIntro for your Xamarin Forms project
SimpleStaticMap
Just a simple static map control based on the Static API of Google Maps for your Xamarin Forms project
TEdito2
TEditor2 is a HTML editor for Xamarin, it has so many build-in features and easy to use
IridescentView
A custom Xamarin.Android ImageView with iridescence effect
Wearable
WormHoleSharp ★25
Communication between Watch and iDevice
Xamarin.Forms
Acr-xamarin-forms ★244
Camera/Gallery, Barcode Scanning, User Dialogs, Geo-Location, Network Utils, Device Info, Settings, E-Mail, Phone, SMS all for Xamarin.Forms
AdvancedTimer ★35
Timer object and its methods are implemented for extended support for timers
Android AppCompat ★34
Provide Material Design themes now for Xamarin.Forms apps natively without hacks
BadgeView ★31
A simple Xamarin.Forms control to display a round badge
Circle Image Control
Simple but elegant way of display circle images in your Xamarin.Forms projects
Compass ★19
Provides and simple way to access the compass on Windows Phone, iOS and Android from you Xamarin.Forms projects
Device Orientation ★28
Simple cross-platform plugin to work with screen orientation of mobile device
Device Orientation ★1
Simple way to get device orientation or be notified of orientation changes in your Xamarin.Forms projects
NControl ★243
Xamarin.Forms control for NGraphics
Magic Gradients ★128
Provides a simply way to implement a great variety of gradients in Xamarin.Forms
MvxForms ★8
MVVMCross plugin for using Xamarin.Forms
PancakeView ★454
An extended ContentView for Xamarin.Forms with rounded corners, borders, shadows, gradients and more
PullToRefreshLayout ★134
[DEPRECATED] Pull To Refresh a ScrollView or ListView in Xamarin.Forms
Rb.Forms.Barcode ★34
Xamarin.Forms view for scanning barcodes
Rg.Plugins.Popup
A cross platform plugin for Xamarin.Forms which allows to open Xamarin.Forms pages as a popup
Sharpnado.Presentation.Forms ★28
HorizontalListView, TaskViewLoader, and Paginator
SolTech Xamarin Forms Toolkit ★31
Set of helpful extensions to the Xamarin Forms framework
Store Rating Plugin ★7
Rate app popup
SVG ★1
SVG file format support
Swipecards ★80
A Tinder-like swipe control for Xamarin.Forms
Toasts Plugin ★208
A simple way of showing some notifications inside your Xamarin.Forms application
TwinTechsFormsLib ★187
FastCell, FastImage, FastGridCell
XamarinControls ★17
Cross-platform controls for Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms (Checkbox using SkiaSharp)
- Xamarin-Forms-Labs ★1,392
Powerful and cross platform set of controls and helpers
xamarin-forms-xna ★7
Monogame wrapper for Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.Forms.GoogleMaps ★250
Maps library for Xamarin.Forms using Google Mapps API
XamFormsMvxTemplate ★19
MVVMCross.Forms Visual Studio 2017 project template (iOS, Android, UWP)
- Xamarin.Essentials
Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications
Xamarin.Forms.EntryAutoComplete
Custom control which functionality provides you with suggestions while typing. There are several modes of suggestions. The suggested text can be displayed in a drop-down list so that you can choose from different options
Xamarin.Forms.Skeleton
The latest trend for loading approaches in Xamarin Forms apps. Skeleton can be easily implemented on each view contained in your Xaml
MaterialDesignControlsPlugin
MaterialDesignControls Plugin for Xamarin Forms is a collection of Xamarin.Forms controls that apply the Material Design Guidelines
XPlat APIs
Calendars ★49
Calendar API plugin for Xamarin and Windows Phone, Supports basic CRUD operations with calendars and events
Device Motion ★1
Simple cross platform plugin to read motion vectors value for device motion sensors such as: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Compass
Estimote ★37
Cross platform implementation of the estimote library for beacons
Fingerprint ★165
Xamarin and MvvMCross plugin for accessing the fingerprint sensor
HybridKit ★21
Simple C# – JavaScript bridge for building hybrid iOS and Android apps
Lamp ★1
Simple way of controlling the lamp/LED on the back of your phone from Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms projects
ManageSleep ★15
Manage auto sleep / auto lock in all platforms. This is useful when dealing with long running processes
Messaging ★88
The Messaging plugin makes it possible to make a phone call, send a sms or send an e-mail using the default messaging applications on the different mobile platforms
Notifications ★79
Notifications plugin for Xamarin and Windows
Pontoon ★27
A flexible bridge to the Universal Windows Platform
Shiny ★428
A Xamarin Framework for Backgrounding & Device Hardware Services
Telephony ★17
Email, sms, voice and video call functionality
userdialogs ★510
Standard user dialogs from a shared/portable library
Version ★1
Get app version from bundle
Xamarin.Badge ★33
Simple cross platform plugin to work with application badge
Xamarin.Essentials ★560
Essential cross-platform APIs from Xamarin team for iOS and Android. Provide easy access to or usage of: Acelerometer, App Information, Battery, Clipboard, Compass, Connectivity, Data Transfer (Share), Device Display Information, Device Information, Email, File System Helpers, Flashlight, Geocoding, Geolocation, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Open Browser, Orientation Sensor, Power, Phone Dialer, Preferences, Screen Lock, Secure Storage, SMS, Text-to-Speech, Version Tracking, Vibrate
Xamarin.LocalNotifications ★40
Simple cross platform plugin to work with mobile local notifications
Xamarin.Mobile ★237
Reading the user's address book and using the camera
Xamarin-plugins ★39
Device Motion, Geofencing, Push Notifications (Beta)
Other lists
Awesome Xamarin Bookmarks ★9
Hand-picked bookmarks of interesting (must have) links for Xamarin developers
Open Source Xamarin Apps ★11
A list of open source Xamarin apps
Xamarin Bindings ★112
A list of existing library bindings
Xamarin Components ★1,338
Here you will find a listing of cross platform Plugins for Xamarin that support Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.Forms, and Windows Platform from a single API
Xamarin Universal Library ★3
This is a universal library that contains everything we need to know about the Xamarin universe
Websites
- Planet Xamarin
An aggregator of content from Xamarin Community members. Why subscribe individually when you can subscribe to one convenient RSS feed? If RSS isn't your thing, follow the or accounts which are automatically updated with the latest content from the community
- Programming Community Curated Resources For Learning Xamarin
A curated list of resources for learning Xamarin
- Weekly Xamarin
Hand-picked round up of the best Xamarin development links every week. Curated by Geoffrey Huntley and published every Friday. Free
- Xamarin Online Courses
A list of over 60 Online Courses (free and paid) from Classpert Online Course Search
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