Just to add, MonoTouch 4.1 should improve things a fair bit. The size of apps should be considerably smaller (the linker is a bit smarter and will remove more unused API) and startup time is greatly reduced (depending on what you do in your FinishedLaunching() override.
Jeff On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Nic Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > Not official, but: > > > http://www.shrinkrays.net/code-snippets/csharp/monotouch-tips-and-snippets.aspx > > "Masking the startup time of Monotouch > > When you build a Monotouch application with a provisioning license > (whether for the appstore or not), the startup time is generally > around 1-2 seconds. The Monotouch team are working on this, however as > a stop gap solution a splash screen prevents your users seeing the > black screen while it loads, and instead the splash screen launches > instantly. > > This is easy to do, you just put a 320x480 pixel PNG file in the root > of your project directory, and call it Default.png (the name is case > sensitive). Change the build method of the file to "Content" and this > the graphic will then appear instantly, while the application loads. > > One thing to note, as pointed out by Geoff Norton - the startup time > depends on what your application is doing. Monotouch can in some cases > be faster than an objective-C equivalent." > > There is no getting around the fact that a 4meg app vrs a 300k app is > going to take longer to load. But it'll be milliseconds, not seconds, > different. Most of it is down to you. > > > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 13:37, kbudris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does Xamarin have an official statement on this in the kind of concise > yet > > technical format that would satisfy a skeptical CTO? > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/Performance-cost-of-MonoTouch-vs-Objective-C-tp3715348p3726872.html > > Sent from the MonoTouch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > MonoTouch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > > > > > -- > Nic Wise > t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise > b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ > > mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. > http://goo.gl/IuBU > Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa > London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! > http://goo.gl/Icp2 > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch >
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