Xamarin Mobile and Windows Phone 8

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Hamishwillee - Subedited/Reviewed

Hi Aady

Did a quick subedit - again, no need for introduction heading if everything is introductory. In terms of content I've added a line on licensing as this is of interest to most developers.

This is a useful enough index to the tool for people who haven't heard about it before. What I'd really love though is a hard core technical article showing how well it works with a real example ... and also highlighting any disadvantages, shortcomings.

Thanks!

Regards

Hamish

hamishwillee 08:37, 18 March 2013 (EET)

Aady - Thanks Hamish

Will try to write a first getting started simple program article for this in sometime. And the same for rest of my intro articles. Thanks for your reviews.

Regards,

Aady

Aady 19:47, 18 March 2013 (EET)

Hamishwillee - Thanks

Looking forward to them. Perhaps when they exist we should link from this overview article?

Thanks

H

hamishwillee 02:14, 19 March 2013 (EET)

Aady - Yes you are right

This one can then be a 'kinda' HUB for the related topics.

Thanks & Regards,

Aady

Aady 19:08, 19 March 2013 (EET)

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Xamarin.Mobile is a C# based toolchain which (currently) abstracts the contacts, camera, and geo-location APIs across iOS, Android and Windows platforms. This article provides a brief overview of the tool.

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Platform(s): Windows Phone 8

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Created: Aady (16 Feb 2013)

Last edited: hamishwillee (18 Mar 2013)

Xamarin allows developers to create apps in C# and .NET, and create "native appearing" code on all supported platforms, and also to call native code. There is an excellent overview of the concept in the document Building Cross Platform Applications.

API Features:

• Contacts
• Geolocation
• Media

Licensing is commercial, though there is a free option suitable for basic evaluation.