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Stars
★ 1.5k
Forks
⑂ 488
Language
C#
Topic
Mobile
License
—
Updated
2.3y ago
Contributors
👥 109
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xamarin/Essentials is a Mobile project on GitHub, written primarily in C#. It has 1.5k stars. Xamarin.Essentials is no longer supported. Migrate your apps to .NET MAUI, which includes Maui.Essentials.

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Stars★ 1.5k
Forks⑂ 488
LanguageC#
TopicMobile
License—
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The most recent commit recorded on xamarin/Essentials was 2.3 years ago, based on the GitHub push timestamp. The repository has 488 forks — one of the better signals of community interest.

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