[mono-android] more binding questions

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Jun 28, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Miljenko Cvjetko wrote:
> One student asked me yesterday and I wonder how far from truth would I be with positive answer to following question:
> 
> Is this binding project triple: jar + generator.exe + generated csharp code equivalent to library *.dll/*.so/*.a + swig + generated csharp code+ PInvoke?

Yes, that's true enough.

> Few more
> 	• Who (in Xamarin) is in charge for bindings for M4A and who for MT? I presume You for Android.

Atsushi and I are responsible for Android bindings. I don't know who specifically is involved in the MonoTouch bindings; Miguel has historically played a role. I imagine the whole MonoTouch team is involved.

> 	• MT binding project - is it the came concept as M4A binding project?

I haven't used a MonoTouch binding project, so I can't immediately answer that.

> 	• what is counterpart to generator.exe for MT binding project?

btouch:

	http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/advanced_topics/binding_objective-c_types
	http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/advanced_topics/binding_objective-c_types/binding_details#Command_Line_Bindings

> 	• where can we post some questions abour XobotOS (maybe android-beta)?

I imagine mono-devel-list would be appropriate:

	http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list

 - Jon