Similar to the UITableView in iOS and ListView in Android, the XF version can be used to cache images for use in other locations of an application.

The latest update to Xamarin.Forms -- Microsoft's C#-based, open source cross-platform mobile app dev solution -- addresses the 'little things' such as buttons, images labels and more.

Xamarin Inc., now a Microsoft subsidiary based on open source software, today announced new tools to help developers connect to Macs to create native iOS apps.