I agree, but the question asked was which is easiest.

>For cross-platform it's not about the code you write IMHO. It's about HOW you build applications. The two alternatives you offer (Xamarin and JavaScript) are two two totally different approaches - native vs. hybrid and HTML vs. native UI created in designers.
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>The choice really comes down to: Do you want to build apps using native code and essentially design for different platforms multiple times or do you want to use HTML and design once and run on many devices as you do with Cordova. Using the former you get full platform fidelity, with the latter you do not, you're limited to what you can do with HTML including non-native feeling touch behavior.
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>There are pros and cons for both technologies, but making this about programming languages of all thing is just plain wrong... anybody can learn languages easily enough - the platform and build is what's hard to understand and even figure out what is appropriate.
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>+++ Rick ---