Yeah, Xamarin is currently looking like the best option for a C# developer to develop for cross platform devices. I ran a demo at Perth .net user group where I showed a solution with 4 target OS's in one, and how/where you share your code between them. Window (store), Windows Phone, iOS and Android. The down side of them bringing out the community stuff is that my license I bought (not cheap) so I could use Visual Studio won't be needed. The upside is I probably won't need to renew it when it expires (unless I'm actually using it for paid work, I will use the community ed). C# is showing up in more and more places. Xamarin, Unity 3d, and I'm sure its elsewhere.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Andrew Coates (DX AUSTRALIA) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Greg > > > > >> It's a damn shame you can't write phone apps this pleasantly across all > the brands > > > > You almost can – check out Xamarin and particularly Xamarin Forms. > Especially with the recent announcements (community edition of VS and the > doubling of the size limits plus VS support on the Xamarin starter > edition), this is a very affordable and extremely productive way to develop > mobile apps across 3 major platforms. > > > > Cheers > > > > Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 > Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 > Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 • Mob +61 (416) 134 993 • Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 • > http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Thursday, 20 November 2014 8:32 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: VS2013 Windows Phone project > > > > Hi Ian, Stephen at al, FYI I was loaned an Intel Mac for this specific > phone job, and I put Windows 8.1 and VS2013.4 on it and the phone emulator > runs fine with Hyper-V. I didn't realise until a couple of days ago that > Windows Phone development is such a familiar experience if you already know > WPF or Silverlight. It's all familiar XAML and coding patterns and almost > all of the important class libraries are available and ready-to-go. All of > the phone specific stuff is nicely separated and you can reference it when > you feel the need. It's a damn shame you can't write phone apps this > pleasantly across all the brands -- *Greg* > > > > On 18 November 2014 17:17, ILT (O) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greg - Yes, Windows 8 has the Hyper-V. But I know that a few people > have used the WP8 SDK on Windows 7. I think a requirement is 64-bit > Windows? But the VS2012 Express version is suitable. > > I found this a good jump-off point - Developing Apps for Windows 8 > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff402551(v=vs.105).aspx> > - possibly the topic about *requirements for the emulator* is what you > needed to see first, though. > > I do have a Windows Phone, and after a long delay it was updated to WP8.1 > a few months ago (Australia followed later than many countries). A > beginners tool is called Windows App Studio - I just found its tutorial > location again, here <http://appstudio.windows.com/en-us>. > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 4:32 PM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: VS2013 Windows Phone project > > Hi Ian (and Stephen), > > No I was absentmindedly on Windows 7 where I do the bulk of my normal work. > > In a tiny hint in some web search I saw a comment about no support in > > Windows 7. I just went over to a VM running VS2013 retail and it has lots > > of phone templates, so there you go! I staggers me though, as I thought it > > was all simulated and I find it hard to believe a certain type of VS > > project needs Windows 8. That means that Windows 8 is actually useful for > > something!! (for the wrong reasons) -- *Greg* > > On 18 November 2014 14:42, ILT (O) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Are you developing on Windows 8.1 with VS2013? > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Ian Thomas > > > Albert Park, Victoria > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:22 PM > > > *To:* ozDotNet > > > *Subject:* VS2013 Windows Phone project > > > > > > > > > > > > Folks, I have been asked to write a demo Windows Phone app, which I've > > > never done before, but I'm keen to give it a bash. However, I'm off to a > > > bad start. VS2013 Update 4 has no New Project template for a phone app. I > > > have installed all VS2013 features. I can see the Windows Phone SDK v8.0 > > > and v8.1 folders under Program Files(x86). Web searches hint that I > should > > > just be able to select New Project and off I go. What's missing? -- *Greg > > > K* > > > > > >
