Xamarin.forms - Formsappcompatactivity Or Forsmapplicationactivity

I am new to Xamarin.Forms and i cannot find information about the different between global::Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.FormsApplicationActivity and global::Xamarin.Forms.Platfo

Solution 1:

Currently you most likely should be using FormsAppCompatActivity. This is an Activity suitable to using Material Design on Android. It wasn’t until the introduction of the updated AppCompat v7 Support Library that devices running earlier versions of Android could use Material Design. Switching to FormsAppCompatActivity enables you to use these features.

It has been around since Xamarin.Forms 1.5 and seeing as how we're at 2.3.4 currently you are most likely better off using FormsAppCompatActivity going into the future.