[Mono-list] Android

[Stifu]

The Mono guys put a theme interface in place for WinForms, which could be
used to make WinForms apps look "right" on Android.

Just my 2 cents. Good luck!


Thomas Jam Pedersen wrote:
> 
> Thanks for your feedback Daniel. 
> 
> OK, so you don't like winform. (But this is where the majority of
> developers are worldwide)
> Would WPF be better for you?
> 
> Let me tell you what we want. We are not particular focusing on winform. 
> What we want to do, is to make it possible to build an application in
> Visual Studio. 
> Then be able to run that application on 6 different platforms without
> having to rebuild it for each platform. And it should look and feel almost
> the same on all 6 platforms. And it shall be able to run both as a
> preinstalled application and as a small application which you run ondemand
> from URL link. (essentially embedded in a webpage) 
> 
> For Android we would like to make a bridge that enable you to access
> Dalvik (Android Java) functionality. But we don't want to force developers
> to do anything in Java or learn a new IDE. 
> 
> Given these two constraints (no java, no new IDE) it would be nice if some
> of you could give us  feedback on what you would like to have on Android.
> (and other mobile platforms)
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com på vegne af daniel
> Sendt: on 04-11-2009 06:49
> Til: Mono-list at lists.ximian.com
> Emne: Re: [Mono-list] Android
>  
> I personally would rather bindings to the android graphics libraries 
> (whatever they are called) then a winforms port which will just look and 
> feel wrong.
> 
> At work I am a windows mobile developer and develop using the compact 
> framework and I can tell you that winforms on mobile devices sucks big 
> time. Its impossible to create anything that look half way decent. And 
> if you want to do anything remotely modern looking you have to drop into 
> native libraries using pinvoke.
> 
> So no thank you to the win forms but yes please to mono on android. 
> Something on par with the iphone support would be great.
> 
> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 13:04 +0100, Thomas Jam Pedersen wrote:
>>   
>>> We are currently porting Mono to Android. (and soon also to ChromeOS)
>>>     
>>
>> Exciting.  (a) I love .NET and (b) I just pre-ordered my Motorola Droid.
>>
>> I really, really, don't want to develop in Java.
>>
>>   
>>> We expect to release the first version in the beginning of next year.
>>> (2010)
>>> We hope to make it so that winform programs developed in VisualStudio
>>> will run on all platforms without recompile (in most cases).
>>>     
>>
>> Wow!  A Winforms app on a mobile device?  I don't even want to do that -
>> but if you make it work someone should buy you a beer.
>>
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