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I have got C# .Net based applications. Is there any way I can run these applications for Apple IOS. I don’t have resources to develop all applications from scratch.
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First of all, you can not just run your existing .NET programs unmodified on the iOS platform.
The .NET runtime does not work on iOS, nor will it (in relation to current app guidelines regarding runtime compilation). Mono has the same fate and will not run on the iOS platform.
Your only option is to get the code compiled to native iOS executables, and this will involve 3rd party tools.
One of those is the MonoTouch product. It is not free.
Note that this is not a technical limitation. The .NET runtime could run on the iOS platform if Microsoft, or Mono made it for that platform, but Apple does not allow such runtimes (the ones that download/execute not-yet-100%-compiled code) on their platform at all.
This is the same problem that prevents Flash from executing on the platform. The way Flash has gone to solve this is to compile the Flash programs to native iOS executables.
You can use the tools made by the mono project.
These will not support all of the MS namespaces (non of the windows specific ones, such as WMI) and your application code needs to be written to be cross platform (so using Path.Combine for directory paths instead of concatenations).
Try the MoMA tools to see if your code is cross platform and get recommendations for fixing it if it is not.
Take a look at Xamarin for IOS. Integrates nicely with Visual Studio otherwise you can use its own IDE.
You can also reference .net assemblies. Hope this helps.
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I'm thinking of developing mobile game app using c#. I'm pretty sure about server side but not clear about client side.
Can i use unity & c# to deploy mobile app to android or apple?
If not, do i have any other alternatives or combination to do that?
Xamarin doesn't seem to be a good choice for game development.
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Can i use unity & c# to deploy mobile app to android or apple?
Manual - UnityCloudBuildSupportedPlatforms
iOS
Android
Windows desktop
Mac OS desktop
Linux desktop
WebGL
Unity Web Player (Unity 5.3 and below, legacy versions of Unity only)
If not, do i have any other alternatives or combination to do that?
Though the answer is yet, there are multiple other options, namely:
Godot engine - It is also opensource and provides full C++ support
Unreal engine - Also supports major consoles
Many more if you research this a bit, but I think you are covered with the above.
Xamarin doesn't seem to be a good choice for game development.
You can use it, but you are essentially using monogame
Yes, you can use Unity and, as far as I know, is one of the main framework for game development with C#
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Is there a way to develop Linux applications with C # with a graphical interface? That is to say with a window buttons and such things, I have tried it with .net core but apparently it is just for console applications.
When you look for writing c# code on linux you will probably run into http://www.mono-project.com/.
This is what you find on Mono's page :
"Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime. A growing family of solutions and an active and enthusiastic contributing community is helping position Mono to become the leading choice for development of cross platform applications."
Both Mono and .NET Core support GNU/Linux systems like Ubuntu.
.NET Core is available on different Linux distributions. You will learn more about it on Microsoft's documentation site:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux
Editors like Gedit Vim have syntax for C#.
MonoDevelop and Visual Studio Code are two environments which run on Ubuntu and support C# development.
Additionally I recommend this site , if you want to learn more about developing apps for Linux:
https://teckangaroo.com/c-sharp-linux/
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I want to make an Windows Desktop Application for Windows 7 and above.
Can someone tell me how can I start? I have tried searching on Google for developing apps for Windows; all I’ve found so far is UWP (Universal Windows Platform) which I believe works for Windows 10 and above. I have even checked the Microsoft docs and all they are telling is about Windows 10 apps, not a word about versions below it.
Can someone tell me if I make an app for Windows 10 will it work with earlier versions too? As the main requirement is developing for Windows 7.
I have been doing coding for 3-4 years so I know coding. I just want to start from right path. Please guide me.
Jason is right to a point, UWP is the modern way, but I would actually recommend WPF which was designed to replace Windows Forms.
It uses modern techniques and methods with C# like Caml for the UI layout, MVVM, View Model bindings etc, and it's all transferable skills into UWP and Xamarin mobile apps. As an aside Xamarin Forms are looking to build out WPF apps in future releases for true cross platform apps so it's a good framework to learn for Windows desktop.
Start here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wpf/getting-started/walkthrough-my-first-wpf-desktop-application
You are right that UWP is for Windows 10 and above, so I would stay away from that in your case.
What you should start with is a simple basic Windows Form development in C#.
Download and install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition from here: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
Then I suggest looking for tutorials online for Windows Form apps in C# which can guide you through it.
Here are a couple that could help.
http://www.guru99.com/c-windows-forms-application.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGHzNunW8M8
There are more but they are for older VS Studio versions, but the principals are the same even if the UI is a bit different.
The DotNet Framework takes away a bit the dependency upon a specific windows version. As longer as your windows version can run the DotNet Framework version you are targetting (compiling for) then it will work in most cases.
Best to first find out which DotNet framework version is installed on your target PC and then build for that, or upgrade it.
It might look a bit different on different windows version, so if you are compiling on a different platform to what you are running on then it is best to make sure that you do testing on your target platform.
This shows how to change your target DotNet version in Visual Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36kiGWfGCQ
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I want to learn C#. Due to I am an Mac and OS X User I have searched for an opportunity to code C# on my Mac.
I read a lot about Xamarin, Mono and Mono Develope and now I am a little bit confused what is the right choice for me, if I want to learn and code C# on my mac.
So can you help me? Where are the differences between the three mentioned above and which should I choose?
If you simply want to learn C# install the Mono Framework and Mono Develop.
Mono is just the framework itself
MonoDevelop is the IDE based on Mono for programming with Mono
Xamarin Studio is the commercial version of Mono
http://www.mono-project.com/download/
http://www.monodevelop.com/
However, Mono may not have all features that the current .NET version has, nor may C# give you all language features that it has on MS systems.
This is because the mono framework is much behind the original .NET framework.
For learning the basics, it is sufficient though.
I'd recommend you to try Visual Studio Code that's available for Mac OS X.
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I'd like to know if there are effective and open source tools to develop C# applications on Linux (Ubuntu). In particular, I have to develop Windows Forms applications.
I know about the Mono project, but I've never used it. What are the best tools (IDE, compiler, etc.) to set up a .NET developing environment on Ubuntu?
Is software developed on Linux runnable on Windows? Are there different behaviors or incompatibilities?
MonoDevelop, the IDE associated with Mono Project should be enough for C# development on Linux. Now I don't know any good profilers and other tools for C# development on Linux. But then again mind you, that C# is a language more native to windows. You are better developing C# apps for windows than for linux.
EDIT: When you download MonoDevelop from the Ubuntu Software Center, it will contain pretty much everything you need to get started right away (Compiler, Runtime Environment, IDE). If you would like more information, see the following links:
http://monodevelop.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonoDevelop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29
http://www.mono-project.com/Development_Environments
Now Microsoft is migrating to open-source - see CoreFX (GitHub).
This is an old question but it has a high view count, so I think some new information should be added: In the mean time a lot has changed, and you can now also use Microsoft's own .NET Core on linux. It's also available in ARM builds, 32 and 64 bit.
Mono Develop is what you want, if you have used visual studio you should find it simple enough to get started.
If I recall correctly you should be able to install with sudo apt-get install monodevelop
I would suggest using MonoDevelop.
It is pretty much explicitly designed for use with Mono, and all set up to develop in C#.
The simplest way to install it on Ubuntu would be to install the monodevelop package in Ubuntu. (link on Mono on ubuntu.com) (However, if you want to install a more recent version, I am not sure which PPA would be appropriate)
However, I would not recommend developing with the WinForms toolkit - I do not expect it to have the same behavior in Windows and Mono (the implementations are pretty different). For an overview of the UI toolkits that work with Mono, you can go to the information page on Mono-project.
Mono is a runtime environment that can run .NET applications and that works on both Windows and Linux. It includes a C# compiler.
As an IDE, you could use MonoDevelop, and I suppose there's something available for Eclipse, too.
Note that WinForms support on Mono is there, but somewhat lacking. Generally, Mono developers seem to prefer different GUI toolkits such as Gtk#.
You can also install it using conda (tested on Ubuntu):
conda create --name csharp
conda activate csharp
conda install -c conda-forge mono