Design elements

In order to create a consistent layout across platforms, while conforming to the platform requirements, developers and designers need to familiarize themselves with each platform and draw parallels between the layouts and UI controls on these platforms. We will discuss this in the next chapter within the scope of Xamarin.Forms. The existence of parallels between these platforms makes the foundation of the Xamarin.Forms framework.

The basic layout

The main layout elements in all three platforms are very similar to each other. However, the placement of these elements differs greatly according to the platform.

The basic layout

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