[mono-android] How can you learn native Android faster than Monodroid?

Jonathan Pobst monkey at jpobst.com
Mon Feb 13 20:08:56 UTC 2012


We would love to know what 'roadblocks' you hit.  Hopefully there is 
something we can do to fix them!

Jonathan

On 2/13/2012 2:01 PM, Lee Whitney wrote:
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> All of a sudden I had 4 days to come up with a proof of concept Android
> app working on device.  Only problem is I had never touched Android
> development.  In fact I had never even used an Android device before
> (typical crazy developer assignment right?).  Oh and by the way, I've
> never coded in Java.
>
> So I figure my best shot was Monodroid since I have a C#/.NET background.
>
> I spent a full day with M4A, and gave up due to roadblocks.  Spent the
> next day from scratch with only the Android SDK, and actually have all the
> basics of my app working on device.
>
> What's wrong with this picture?  If the problem is I'm not smart enough
> then shouldn't the native option have been harder?
>
> Lee
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