What should I learn to develop software for iPhone?
Thanks
Beginning Objective C for the C# guy
Learn Objective C.
If you're thinking about developing games, take a look at Unity3D
Perhaps look into Mono? There is an article dealing with this question here.
Besides the IPhone SDK, you can use Mono (Open Source .Net implementation). Check http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:Iphone
iPhone Applications are using Apple's tools like Xcode, objective c, etc. A C# developer would be learning a new language, new libraries, and using a simulator to run the application. Details are at: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
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Is it possible to write cross-platform Unity3D plugins (specifically for android and ios) using the Xamarin APIs?
If yes, what would be the procedure to go about doing it? Are you aware of any documentation or reference that might be useful?
Unity still doesn't provide a lot of native functionality as Xamarin does. I'm asking this because it just makes sense minimizing the learning curve for developing unity plugins. After a lot of experimentation, I've just begun understanding the intricacies of C#. If I have to learn two other languages (Java and Objective-C) that would greatly impede my progress.
Thanks.
Microsoft is opensourcing the Xamarin SDK, so combined with Mono for Android (that Unity most probably uses), you could soon be closer to your goal
BTW, they're also changing Mono's licensing model to the more permissive "MIT License" and hosting it under the .NET Foundation
Xamarin and Unity MonoDevelop are separate project. Xamarin doesnt support Unity. If you want a crossplatform plugin you could use C++ read:
http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Plugins.html
I want to develop android based application in c#.Can anyone tell me where can i find the sample code and other useful material.
Please take a look at Mono for Android by Xamarin (http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid). I haven't used it myself but think this is the closest you can currently get as a C# alternative to Android Java ecosystem.
You could see the Xamarin repository on GitHub, there's lots of samples. https://github.com/xamarin/monodroid-samples
Look at these samples:
https://github.com/xamarin/mobile-samples/tree/master/MWC
and
https://github.com/gshackles/NycCodeCamp6
Regards,
Giacomo
I have .net c# background(don't mind to learn new language to get the things right). Right now i want to make some small applications for Iphone/Android phones.Basically, i will show some graphs with data retrieved through my webservice.
Can anyone tell me which developing tool should i use to create those small apps quickly?
I don't have any experience with Flash.And i just know that Flash builder 4.5 can convert Flash applications to Iphone/Android. However, i don't feel like that it is a native way to build Iphone/Android app
But if you advise that, i might go that way.
thank you
Xamarin has products that allows you to use C# (and your existing skills) for both iOS (iPhone / iPad) and Android devices : MonoTouch and Mono for Android.
disclaimer: I work for Xamarin
You might want to use frameworks that help build apps for multiple platforms with the need to know native programming languages. PhoneGap is one of these popular frameworks.
You can use C# to create a WCF service. There are a few different libraries to develop Android applications. If you want to work with C#, you can check out Mono for Android.
http://docs.xamarin.com/android
From my knowledge, however, Java is the preferred language to develop Android application. Eclipse has a great plugin which integrates with the Android SDK / Emulator.
So, you've all probably seen Iron Man where Tony interacts with an AI system called Jarvis. Demo clip here (Sorry it's a commercial).
I'm very familiar with C#, C++ and Visual Basic, but I am unsure what options I have available for me to program something like this. Ideally, I'd like to have it assist me while working on some projects by automating a few things.
After doing a bit of research, I saw that a lot of people where using apple script. Well, I'm a windows developer and I work on windows, SO, that won't work.
Microsoft has a Speech SDK, but I hear that I can't program it to learn custom words... as in it just uses it's standard library. Is this true? What are the other limitations of speech recognition with the SDK? Is there something else then?
Also, which language would be better to use for a project like this? C# or VB?
The .NET 3.0 System.Speech.Recognition namespace has very elegant .NET wrapper classes around the SAPI SDK. Including the Grammar class to customize the recognition. As usual, any .NET enabled language can take advantage of it, the specific language doesn't matter.
I want to run C# programs on my HTC Magic, I can find the mono app on the Android market but I have no clue on how to run C# using.
The code is just for fun, I don't want official support and such. After coding Visual Basic on windows mobile, I really want to code C# on Android, whether directly using some sort of editor if exists, or compiling it on a PC then installing it on Android.
If anyone knows a way to do such please let me know.
Thank you
There's the androidmono project, which I gather pretty much works but is in relatively early stages.
EDIT: More recently: Mono for Android
As I originally answered this over two years ago...
These days I would look at Mono for Android, developed by the Mono team.
It's a commercial product, but yes, you can then sell your app on the Android Marketplace (aka Google Play store).
Xamarin supports C# coding for both Android and iPhone, and is based on Mono. For more details, check out:
http://xamarin.com/
You may want to have a look at dot42 at https://www.dot42.com/ I've never tried it myself, tough looking at various articles, it seems that this may be a valid option.