100,000 apps published to Windows Phone Marketplace

Re:100,000 apps published to Windows Phone Marketplace by Avalaxy on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @11:33AM (#4069043)

Take a look at MonoDroid (http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid) and MonoTouch (http://xamarin.com/monotouch). C# for 3 platforms: WP7, Android, iOS.

Mobile web will never have the same benefits that a native app has: high performance, less data to transfer, nicely integrated in the OS (live tiles, etc.).

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Re:100,000 apps published to Windows Phone Marketplace by cageface on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @11:49AM (#4069123)

I actually have dabbled with it and I think Xamarin has done some very impressive work there. But most of the work in the typical app is in the UI and you still have to essentially rewrite that for every platform with Mono. For some apps it could still be a net win.

Native has the same advantages on the desktop but that hasn't stopped it from being pushed out of mainstream app development and into a few select niches.

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Re:100,000 apps published to Windows Phone Marketplace by fpgeek on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @11:42AM (#4069086)

Unless, of course, web apps are the native apps (e.g. Boot to Gecko).

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Re:100,000 apps published to Windows Phone Marketplace by uvTwitch on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @06:05PM (#4071221)

I find it really ironic that - thanks to Mono - C#, a Michaelsoft language, seems to be the only true multiplatform lanugage these days.

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