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Mono in 2011

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:28:36 GMT

Mono in 2011 This was a very interesting year for Mono, and I wanted to capture some of the major milestones and news from the project as well as sharing a bit of what is coming up for Mono in 2012.

Slide to Unlock Control in MonoTouch

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:37:03 GMT

Use MonoTouch to make a control similar to the slide-to-unlock widget at the bottom of the iOS lock screen.

Custom Animations for the UINavigationController in MonoTouch

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:34:26 GMT

Pushing and popping controllers in a standard UINavigationController is a frequent activity when navigating an iOS app. Find out how to apply custom animations during this action using C# via MonoTouch.

Scheduling Local Notifications in MonoTouch

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:25:51 GMT

iOS 4 introduced local notifications, allowing apps to communicate brief text messages to users. In particular, a scheduled local notification can reach a user whether the app is running in the foreground, in the background or not running at all. This article shows how to schedule local notifications in C# using MonoTouch.

MonoTouch: Past, Present, and Future

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:09:31 GMT

A recap of MonoTouch's past, a look at the present, and some thoughts about the future.

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

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:52:16 GMT

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.

Using Background Threads in Mono For Android Applications

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:37:09 GMT

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 response to user input within a few seconds. Mono For Android exposes many different ways to do asynchronous operations to help avoid this problem. In this article I'll go over some of the different options you can pick from.

MIX 2011: Mono: State of the Union - Arik Poznanski's Blog

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:22:40 GMT

MIX 2011: Mono: State of the Union This session was delivered by Miguel de Icaza, VP developer Platform, Mono Team, Novell.

SPDT SSR, DPDT, SPST, SPNO solid state relays, Crydom solid state rela

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:21:13 GMT

SSR solid state relays by Crydom, Clare, Panasonic Electric Works & Aromat. SPDT, DPDT, SPST, SPNO, Surface Mount, PCB & PEWA. Photomos & photovoltaic solid state relay.

.Net App Development on Android using Microsoft's Visual Studio

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:58:02 GMT

Yesterday , Novell had released Mono for Android which is one of the first solution for developing Microsoft's .NET Application for Android platform using Microsoft Visual Studio . Mono is a open source .NET implementation project and with the Mono for Android to its existing Mono development tools , Novell is enabling Microsoft .NET and C# developers using Visual Studio to utilize some common code base to easily crea...

Using AdMob in a MonoDroid Application

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:24:46 GMT

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 an example of how to serve ads from AdMob in your MonoDroid application using the standard AdMob Java library.

Introduction to MonoDroid: Slides, Code and Video

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:09:42 GMT

Sample code, slides and video from an introduction talk I gave for MonoDroid/Android.

Moonlight 4 (Preview) is here

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:42:10 GMT

Mono project has released a preview of Moonlight 4 (Silverlight 4 support for linux)

Using a Database in MonoDroid Applications

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:28:13 GMT

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 database, exploring both the standard Android patterns and also an example of plugging in an ORM to simplify things.

Mono for Android preview arrives, get .NET on your Android

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:58:31 GMT

A preview program for Mono for Android has just opened up, allowing developers interested in getting .NET running on Android-powered smartphones an opportunity to take it for a spin.

Mono for Android beta now open for all

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:02:26 GMT

The Mono for Android or MonoDroid beta is now open for anyone who wants to use it and provides a way for any .NET programmer to create Android apps without having to learn Java. This could be the route to phone apps that .NET programmers have been waiting for and it gives them a much more certain market than Windows Phone 7. This said the big problem is that MonDroid, even though it uses open source Mono, is going to be a commercial product.

Using Inversion of Control in MonoDroid Applications

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:36:54 GMT

Just because a mobile application needs to be (or should be, in most cases) small and lightweight doesn't mean we should set aside best practices like Inversion of Control containers when building our apps. With so many options out there for .NET containers, which ones should we use? In this article I'll go over some good options I've found for using dependency injection in MonoDroid applications.

Shared Libraries For Windows Phone 7, MonoDroid and Beyond

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:06:10 GMT

If you've been doing mobile development, you probably know all about the problem of having to target multiple platforms, along with the languages each one requires. Having to rewrite and support essentially the same code on different platforms flat out sucks, and isn't really a great way to spend your time. Thanks to the fine folks working on Mono and its satellite projects, it's possible to leverage the power of the .NET framework across many platforms. In this article I'll focus on sharing the same code across Android and Windows Phone 7, but you'll easily see how it could be extended to Silverlight, ASP.NET or iOS without much effort at all.

Manos de Mono: A new web framework

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:29:25 GMT

"Manos is a a lightweight web application framework that runs on Mono. The goal of Manos is to simplify the entire web application development process. It should be easy to prototype, design, develop, test, debug and deploy Manos applications. The focus isn't just on getting you up and running quickly, the focus is on the entire process of creating, managing and updating a web application."

.NET Development for OS X

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:05:15 GMT

Interesting post about using Mono and MonoDevelop to create native OS X applications using .NET.

MonoDroid - .NET for Android

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:13 GMT

MonoDroid will allow .NET programmers to create apps for the Android platform. Sign up for the beta test now.

Developing for the Apple iPad in .NET

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:53:19 GMT

If you are in the technology field, or within the listening range of modern media, you've heard of the Apple iPad. The fact that it runs an updated version of the Apple iPhone OS is a big plus if you are looking to do development on the platform. I've already received a bunch of emails about this, so I wanted to share what you can do to do develop on the platform right now.

MonoDevelop 2.4 beta 1 is Released

Fri, 07 May 2010 13:33:55 GMT

MonoDevelop is an IDE for C# and other .NET languages.

Mono,C#: Bing Translate ~ Translate & Speak Methods

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:48:16 GMT

Hi again, I again coded some stuff just for fun. The things you need to look before going deep to my perfect code http://www.bing.com/developers/ [Get an Bing AppID] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff512421.aspx [Of course some MSDN] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff512420.aspx

Mono, Gtk.FileChooserWidget [Gtk#]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:57:45 GMT

These days I 'm in blog post mode so here is another small code snippet. using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using Gtk; using GtkSharp; using GLib; private Gtk.Fixed fixed1; private Gtk.ScrolledWindow GtkScrolledWindow; private Button exit; private Gtk.FileChooserWidget filechooserwidget1;