Objective-C bindings
Xamarin has developed a sophisticated system to call native Objective-C libraries from C# in iOS projects. The core of Xamarin.iOS uses the same technology to call native Apple APIs in UIKit, CoreGraphics, and other iOS frameworks. Developers can create iOS binding projects to expose the Objective-C classes and methods to C# using simple interfaces and attributes.
To aid in creating Objective-C bindings, Xamarin has created a small tool named Objective Sharpie that can process Objective-C header files for you and export the valid C# definitions to add to a binding project. This tool is a great starting point for most bindings that will get your binding three-fourths of the way complete, and you will want to hand-edit and fine-tune ...
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