I have written Android apps in both Java and in C# using Mono. For my own personal apps I use Java. At my job we are developing an Android app and are required to use Mono for Android so that we can make use of some rather extensive existing code.
Unless there is a valid reason, like at my job, I would highly recommend just sucking it up and learning Java. As TreKing mentioned, syntax is very similar and there are only relatively minor differences between the two. Also, as he mentioned, any competent programmer should be able to learn a new language relatively easy... Plus, it helps boost your resume to know more languages. As for me, I would consider myself pretty proficient in C++, Java, C#, PHP, and Javascript... I think it looks pretty good on a resume. It keeps you well-rounded. Also, I am using MonoDevelop on a Mac to use Mono for Android... I tried using VS but found that the experience with using VS to develop apps with Mono for Android was very bad... MonoDevelop is also available for Windows if you are a Windows guy. But since that product is made by Xamarin there is much more support there for it. Also, when deploying an app with Mono for Android, you can only use the emulator unless you purchase a license, so you aren't going to get very far unless you want to fork out some money. Another downside is that Mono for Android apps are using the Dalvik VM to run another VM for the C# code so you are going through two virtual machines. And currently there isn't support for the compatibility library right now (though I have been told that the next release will support it). Hope that helps... Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:28 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:27 AM, VATSAL <vut...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> But i don't know whether it would works same as apps made in eclipse. >> > > Try it. See what happens. Regardless of anyone else's experience, you > won't know if it's something that is worth your own time unless you play > with it yourself and experience it first hand. > > >> I am a c# developer and i don't want to learn a new language just to >> make android apps >> > > Some thoughts: > > 1- If you know C#, you already know a very large amount of what you need > to know about Java. They're very similar at a high level. > 2 - Any competent programmer should be able to pick up a new language in a > matter of days or weeks and you'll be better for it. > 3 - The vast majority of people developing Android Apps are using Eclipse, > Java, and the Official SDK. If you decide to use Mono to save yourself the > time of learning Java, you will probably actually end up having a harder > time of things simply due to the lack of information and knowledge that > will be available compared to Java. > > So I would recommend you just suck it up and learn Java if you're serious > about making Android Apps. Good luck. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
