what is exactly XAMLC ?

Question

As far as I know, Xamarin.Froms support pre-compilation of xaml using xamlc.
I've read xamc compile xaml to IL and merge it to App's DLL/EXE.

In contrast, WPF, UWP support pre-compilation of xaml using BAML as a resource with App's DLL.

Question is

what is exactly XAMLC in Xamarin.Forms.. ?

and why Xamarin.Forms does not accept BAML-like complication method. ?

Answer 1

Hello, Welcome to Micorosoft Q&A,

what is exactly XAMLC in Xamarin.Forms.. ?

For XAMLC (xaml complication), you could refer XAML Compilation in Xamarin.Forms document. and it offers a number of benefits, such as xaml checking in complie-time reduce the file size of the final assembly.

why Xamarin.Forms does not accept BAML-like complication method.

Currently, we have not found the document to explain it, but in my opinion , Loading the binary representation is most useful when loading XAML files that define large resources, such as the generic.xaml files that define templates. However, xamarin form has no such scenario, it will load the binary file in each platform but not in the forms client side.

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