Well, if Lord Lucas objects, then maybe it should be called DroidTouch, or TouchDroid? Hmmmm.....
On 12/07/2011 14:28, Nic Wise wrote: > Mono for Android is basically dead. Novell was sold to Attachmate, > which completed the sale at the end of April, and fired all the Mono > developers in early May. This killed MonoTouch, as well. > > there is quite a bit of back-story to this, so have a google around :) > Miguel's blog - http://tirania.org/blog/ - is usually a good place to > start. > > All is not lost however. Miguel and co formed Xamarin (along with Nat > Friedman, who used to be the CEO of Ximian, which Novell bought ages > ago and where Mono started, hence why Novell employed the Mono people > in the first place!), and their goal is to create a source compatible > rewrite of MonoTouch and Mono for Android (George Lucas objects to it > being called MonoDroid I'm told!). Their website is here: > http://www.xamarin.com > > So, in the mean time: > > 1. Don't buy MonoDroid, as Novell/Attachmate are not supporting it, > even down to fixing licensing problems. If you have bought it, look > into the 30 day refund or a creditcard chargeback. > > 2. Use the eval for the time being. Lot of people around here are > working with MD, so there are still lots of people to ask about things > and lots to learn. > > 3. When XamDroid (oh please can they release a name for this thing?) > is out, buy it from Xamarin. > > Hope that makes some sense. > > N > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:13, dozer<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Downloaded Mono for Android today, and after a bit of testing, I discovered >> some vital functionality that's missing. So I'm wondering about, does anyone >> know where to find any list of what's missing in the Mono for Android >> implementation? >> >> The specific functionality I'm missing is connected to sending data from one >> activity to a another using Parcels on the Intent.. To define an object to >> support parcel you need to inherit the IParcelable interface (Parcelable in >> java), but to make this work you need a Creator, but there is no >> implementation in IParcelable for this. >> >> The second problem I discovered is that Intent.PutExtra supports IParceable, >> but there is no Intent.GetParcelableExtra in Mono (while this exists in >> java). The only support for parcelables in Mono is to pass them using >> arrays, but again, since the interface doesn't implement the CREATOR the >> code crashes.. >> >> So, does anyone have any answer on this? >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Status-of-Mono-for-Android-tp4578820p4578820.html >> Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Monodroid mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >> > > -- This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. This email has come from a server controlled by Supporting IT. We use a strict anti-spam solution that includes the use of SPF (information can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework and http://www.openspf.org/) Should you have any complaints as to this email, you can address them to [email protected]. Supporting IT can also be contacted on +44(0)845 862 0348 Thank you for your co-operation. _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
