Introducing C# To Go: a C# Compiler for Android

If you follow me on Twitter (or the #monodroid hashtag), you might have seen some posts from me lately about progress on my new Android app, C# To Go. I’ve been cranking away on it in hopes of getting it to market in time for Monospace, and I’m excited to say that last night I was able to finally publish it! I just wanted to do a quick write-up about the app, what it can do and how it was made.

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Using Background Threads in Mono For Android Applications

When writing applications one thing to always keep in mind is that you should never block the UI thread. This makes for a poor user experience, and on Android you get the dreaded Application Not Responding dialog if there’s no…

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Using AdMob in a MonoDroid Application

While MonoDroid makes it possible to write Android applications using .NET, what happens if you want to make use of existing third party Java libraries in your app? In this post I’ll talk about what your options are, and provide…

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Introduction to MonoDroid: Slides, Code and Video

In the month of February I had the opportunity to speak to a lot of people about MonoDroid. Down in New Jersey I spoke to the NJDOTNET group, and then in New York I talked MonoDroid at the NYC Code…

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Using a Database in MonoDroid Applications

The stock database available in Android is SQLite, and chances are you’ll find yourself wanting to use it in your applications. But how do you go about doing so? In this post I’ll go over some options for accessing the…

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