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Google doesn't write a lot of C# code, but they do write a lot of Java. This is a case where they looked at Xamarin and said "we want that" and built their own, only for Java.

Another big language at Google is C++, which also has a cool cross-platform client story. Emscripten for web, Android NDK, iOS can use C++ libraries directly.

Android NDK is a world of pain.

I do get the security part, I also like how both Android and Windows Phone 7/8 share architecture ideas with IBM i.

However, it would be nice to also expose the framework to the NDK without forcing everyone to write their own bindings.

Or at very least, expose other Android internal C++ libraries like SKIA, as part of the public NDK APIs.

Cross-platform work is pain enough without making it torture with Xamarin.

Does it run on the Web?