Xamarin Native Vs Xamarin.Forms -

i've been learning own xamarin.forms, use in project on company. project type - (order entry / data entry ).

the application use in ipad , windows tablets/pc. until dint have many problems, sqlite orm sad part because must map dynamic querys, , cant use oledb. , ui no important, can same ui on both platforms, more important core business code.

i asked boss contact people give formation in xamarin, present our project , want go , give formation.

the first thing presented me, shouldn't constructing application using xamarin.forms, xamarin native. , why(i asked) ? because xamarin.forms, ui in windows example, when release ipad ui not good, , have major problems that, , make tweaks fix it, , performance drop big lists

and have 1/2 months of knowledge , work not use , start new project.

so question is... true? know there topic in stackoverflow question, forms 2.0 maybe game changed.

my best regards, , in advance :)

xamarin.platform (aka xamarin native) regular native app development, except use c# , can use portable class libraries.

so in end still developing multiple native apps, method names in pascal casing.

xamarin.forms different product: it's ui abstraction layer can use create ui runs on different platforms. abstracts native controls away lowest common denominator.

of course means not perfect/good/... native ui, that's tradeoff make developing once.

forms useful, when ui isn't complex , doesn't rely on special native controls.

forms runs on top of xamarin.platform.