On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Paul Hill paulroberthill@gmail.com wrote:
On 28 January 2016 at 14:58, Stephen Russell srussell705@gmail.com wrote:
Because M$ is kind and loving company?
http://www.cio.com/article/3026664/open-source-tools/the-real-reason-microso...
I tested the new Android support in Visual Studio today. It looks quite nice. It allows Visual Studio to open an existing Android project and compile it using non-MS tools. (the same tools Android Studio uses)
Syntax highlighting is there for Java and debugging is supported too. It was just a quick test. I was having trouble installing Hyper-V so I couldn't run the emulator.
In theory it will let me create a single solution that targets Windows, Android, Linux, iOS, ASP.NET, etc
The downside is that each device uses different technologies (unless you want to buy Xamarin for C#). Of course, each platform could connect to a common web service (i.e. a Hybrid app).
-- Paul
I know someone who use to live here who got on the Xamarian bandwagon. They loved it because you code in one language for a mobile device and it makes the substitutions for all other platforms as you compile for them.
I never got into it. Cost was 500 or so as I remember.