Thomas, for reference Microsoft is making most of the .Net code open source, so I doubt they will be taking on anyone using it to develop cross platform programs.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-takes-net-open-source-and-cross-platform/ On 11/17/14, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Traditionally speaking, cross-platform development is fairly difficult > with standard languages such as C++. However, Xamarin is a relatively > new technology which aims to make cross-platform development between > Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS as easy as possible. As I understand it > Xamarin was written in C# .NET, and uses Mono for non-Windows > platforms and devices which is a workable solution to cross-platform > development, but my concern with using Mono is that Microsoft has > systematically been trying to go after the Mono Project for copyright > infringement etc which makes using Mono a bit of a sticky situation > for developers. Still, from what I know of Xamarin it does seem like a > fairly workable solution to cross-platform development. > > As for using it for audio games I wouldn't know since Xamarin is > primarily designed for standard app development. That said, I do know > of .NET libraries out there for say SDL, OpenAL, etc so writing audio > games with Xamarin should be possible. I just haven't tried it, but > when I have a minute to look at it maybe I'll look into it further. > > Cheers! > > > On 11/16/14, Paul Lemm <paul.lem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Chatting to one of my friends who programs for a living, I mentioned >> that >> I >> had started to learn BGT and was very slowly building a game. We got >> chatting about coding and he asked which platform the game would be for. >> Somehow we got chatting about cross platform and he explained he had just >> started looking into a platform called Xamarin, which allows you to >> write >> apps in C# for IOS, android , windows and MAC and use the same C# code >> for >> each platform. I know that talk of cross platform programming has come >> up >> here before and I'm pretty sure I've remember people saying its quite >> difficult to do, so I thought I'd just share this, it might be old hat to >> programmers on this list or just not be something for audio game >> development since the friend I was chatting with is a sighted >> programmer. >> Also to be fair since I'm only starting out in coding (topped with the >> fact >> we were also out drinking at the time and I'd had quite a few beers by >> this >> point) quite a lot of what we talked about went over my head but I think >> the >> thing he said that was so good was that even though its written in C# it >> is >> totally native to which ever platform you produce the app for. >> >> >> >> >> >> Paul Lemm >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
