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Mono for Android: An Introduction

Mono for Android: An Introduction. Greg Shackles Senior Application Developer MagazineRadar greg@gregshackles.com. About Me. Greg Shackles greg@gregshackles.com gregshackles.com Twitter: @ gshackles github.com/ gshackles. Market Share (US). 33%. 13%.

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Mono for Android: An Introduction

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  1. Mono for Android: An Introduction Greg Shackles Senior Application Developer MagazineRadar greg@gregshackles.com

  2. About Me • Greg Shackles • greg@gregshackles.com • gregshackles.com • Twitter: @gshackles • github.com/gshackles

  3. Market Share (US) 33% 13%

  4. Android apps are written in Java, right?

  5. .NET? Seriously?

  6. Seriously.

  7. What is Mono? • Open source • Implementation of the .NET CLR • Cross platform • Supports most of .NET 4.0 • Novell

  8. What is Mono for Android? • Runs side by side with Dalvik • Wraps Java/Android API bindings • Linker • Commercial product • Visual Studio 2010 or MonoDevelop • www.mono-android.net

  9. Pricing Free Trial: deploy only to emulator

  10. Mono for Android Architecture • Android/Managed Callable Wrappers • JNI bridges to talk between Android and Mono

  11. Mono for Android API • .NET events replace listener interfaces • Action replaces Runnable • Enumerations • Properties • Attributes and tooling generate configuration • OpenTK • Uses standard Android resource files

  12. Java vs C# Java

  13. Java vs C# Java C#

  14. Why?

  15. Code reusability

  16. But wait, there’s more!

  17. Discounts! • Coupon Code: MONO-DEVCAMP15% off of all Mono Developer tools • Mono For Android • MonoTouch • Mono for Visual Studio • Expires 5/31/2011 • 50% Mono For Android with purchase of MonoTouch mono-android.net/Store

  18. Questions?

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