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Summary

Mono for Android by Xamarin

URLs: mono-for-android, mono for android, monoforandroid, xamarin

Create C# and .NET based applications that run on Android phones and tablets. Mono for Android enables developers to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create C# and .NET based applications that run on Android phones and tablets. Developers can use their existing skills and reuse code and libraries that have been built with .NET, while taking advantage of native Android APIs.

With Mono for Android, you can harness the full power of C# and .NET. Write shorter, simpler, and more maintainable code using features like LINQ, anonymous types, lambdas and more.

Mono for Android Features

LINQ Support - Use LINQ in your Mono for Android projects to query, filter and select data from in-memory arrays, or from databases such as SQLite.

Work With XML Easily - Handling XML is quick and easy thanks to the built-in XDocument class - just one of the thousands of .NET APIs available when you use Mono for Android.

Event Handling & Delegates - Easily handle button presses and other UI events.

Make Use of Both Cores - Use Parallel LINQ to automatically distribute heavy work, like parsing large JSON results, over both cores in a multi-core device.

Utilize Existing Development Skills - UseC# and .NET to develop apps for Android phones and tablets

.NET Bindings to Native APIs

Distribute to Stores - Distribute on the Android Market, and other Android App Stores

Enterprise Deployable

Visual Studio 2010 Integration

Mono for Android is a software development kit for Windows and Mac OS X users to create native applications for Android based phones, tablets, and other devices with .NET programming languages.

Mono for Android allows developers to use C# and the .NET framework along with Visual Studio, to create Android applications that take advantage of native Android APIs.

By allowing developers to reuse code and libraries that have been written for .NET, as well as leverage existing .NET skills, Mono for Android helps increase productivity and reduce time to market.

Developers can test Mono for Android applications on both the Android Simulator and physical hardware, and can distribute Mono for Android applications via the Android Market, Amazon Appstore, or other competing Android application stores.

Mono for Android exposes two sets of APIs, the core .NET APIs that C# developers are familiar with as well as a C# binding to Android's native APIs exposed through the Mono.Android. namespace. You can use Mono for Android to develop applications that are distributed through the Android Application Stores or to deploy software to your personal hardware or the Android simulator.

Mono for Android consists of the core Mono runtime, the Mono for Android bindings to the native Android APIs, a Visual Studio 2010 plug-in to develop Android applications and an SDK that contains the tools to build, debug and deploy your applications. The Visual Studio 2010 plug-in allows developers to use Visual Studio 2010 to develop, debug and deploy their applications to an Android simulator, an Android device, or the Android Application Store.

Mono for Android Upgrade products give existing Mono for Android customers access to the latest Mono for Android features, and include one year of Mono for Android updates.

Mono for Android Upgrade products require a valid licensed copy of the full version of Mono for Android.

Mono for Android is available in Professional Edition and Enterprise Editions:

Mono for Android Professional Edition license is non-transferable, entitles the owner to one year of Mono for Android updates, and allows distribution of applications built with Mono for Android on the Android Market, Amazon Appstore, or other competing Android app stores.

Mono for Android Enterprise Edition license is owned by a legal entity for use by one developer at any given time, entitles the owner to one year of Mono for Android updates, and allows enterprise deployments of Mono for Android applications, as well as distribution of applications built with Mono for Android on the Android Market, Amazon Appstore, or other competing Android app stores.

What's New in Mono for Android 4.0

Thousands of new API's, great new features, Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb

Ice Cream Sandwich - Start building apps with access to all kinds of new features found in the latest version of Android: Ice Cream Sandwich.

Easy To Install - Getting started with Android can be time consuming, but the Mono for Android installer will have you up and running with just a few clicks.

Fasters Build, Smaller Apps - With builds that are 40% faster, you spend less time waiting and spend more time creating awesome apps. And with executables up to 70% smaller, your users spend less time downloading.

Brand New Tutorials - Xamarin released a brand new set of Getting Started Tutorials to get you up and going with Mono for Android as quickly as possible.

Great Tablet Apps - Adds support for all of the new tablet-specific widgets and APIs that were introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb.

Google Maps - Integrate Google Maps functionality into your apps easier than ever before with newly bound APIs.

Visual Studio - Mono for Android works with Visual Studio so you don't have to change IDE. Or, you can use the full-featured MonoDevelop IDE.

What's New in Mono for Android 1.2

Garbage Collection: There are many important bug fixes to the garbage collector specific to Android. Every Mono for Android user is encouraged to upgrade to this release.

Android SDK Fixes: Mono for Android now works around the Android SDK bug which prevented the emulator from launching when the Android SDK directory contained spaces.

Xamarin take over support of MonoTouch and Mono for Android

Xamarin obtained a perpetual license to all the intellectual property of Mono, MonoTouch, Mono for Android, Mono for Visual Studio and will continue updating and selling those products. Xamarin will be providing the support for all of the existing MonoTouch, Mono for Android and Mono for Visual Studio customers.

Create C# and .NET based applications that run on Android phones and tablets.

Pricing: Mono for Android 4.0.6 Professional 1 Developer License (1 Named User License, does not allow enterprise deployments, includes 1 year product updates), Mono for Android 4.0.6 Professional 1 Developer Upgrade (Subscription Renewal) (1 Named User License, does not allow enterprise deployments, includes 1 year product updates), Mono for Android 4.0.6 Enterprise 1 Developer Seat License (Corporate License, allows enterprise deployments, includes 1 year product updates), Mono for Android 4.0.6 Enterprise 1 Developer Seat Upgrade (Subscription Renewal) (Corporate License, allows enterprise deployments, includes 1 year product updates), Mono for Android 4.0.6 Enterprise Priority 1 Developer Seat License with Priority Support (Corporate License, allows enterprise deployments, includes 1 year priority support and product updates), Mono for Android 4.0.6 Enterprise Priority 1 Developer Seat Upgrade with Priority Support (Subscription Renewal) (Corporate License, allows enterprise deployments, includes 1 year priority support and product updates)

Evals & Downloads: Read the Mono for Android End User License Agreement, Download the Mono for Android 4.0.6 Mac OS X evaluation - enables development and testing against the Android emulator only, Download the Mono for Android 4.0.6 Windows evaluation - enables development and testing against the Android emulator only

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, MacOS 10.6, MacOS 10.5, Mac OS X, Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), Android 2.4 (Gingerbread), Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), Android 2.2 (Froyo)

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit

Product Type: Add-In

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visual C# 2010, .NET Framework 4.0

Keywords: Mono for Android, monodroid, mono droid

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Development

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