Xamarin.forms: [Enhancement] Support HTML

[CodeSwimBikeRunner]

Summary

This product is so close to becoming the absolute best in the business. Allow support for HTML, heck, go to HTML fully, no one really wants xaml. You guys had to have researched how much adoption you would receive with going to HTML or allowing HTML.

Intended Use Case

For the purpose of having a better/easier to manage ui.

[GalaxiaGuy]

I want XAML.

On a more useful note, what support for HTML would you want that would be different from making a web app (or a hybrid app using something like Ionic)?

[ValonK]

No one wants XAML? I LOVE XAML
Please don't add HTML, use the manpower for things like Performance, Stability...

[andreinitescu]

@CodeSwimBikeRunner

XAML and HTML are both based on XML. XAML is a superset of HTML. In other words, if you're using HTML, you should be very familiar with XAML from a syntax point of view (tags and attributes). There's some specific syntax for things like binding, but so it's in some web frameworks like Angular, just to name a very popular one.

Also, since XAML tags and attributes map closely to the Xamarin.Forms C# classes and properties (<Button Text="" /> maps to is Button.Text property), so as long as you're familiar with the Xamarin.Forms UI class hierarchy and how the Xamarin.Forns controls work, you should not have any problem with writing XAML.