MonoDroid - .NET for Android

One of the problems in developing applications for mobile devices is the range of different environments and language you need to master. Any thing reduces this tower of babel and allows you to use what you already know must be a good idea. Enter - MonoDroid which allows .NET programmers to create apps for Android phones.

MonoDroid is a .NET development system targeting the Android mobile platform based on the Mono project's MonoTouch tool. Mono is all about porting .NET to other environments - Linux, OS X and so on and even Windows. MonoTouch is a development environment for the iPhone which uses the .NET Framework and languages. At the moment it represents the only non-Apple way of creating apps for the iPhone and iOS 4 in general. So far Apple don't seem to have found a way to object to its use or perhaps they just don't see it as a major development route. You still need a Mac and the iPhone SDK to use MonoTouch.
MonoDroid is a similar .NET based mobile development system but targeting the comparatively open Android environment. Currently Windows Phone 7 is the only mobile platform other than the iPhone/MonoTouch system that .NET programmers can target.

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