EastBay.NET - Introduction to MonoTouch
- 1. Introduction to MonoTouch C# on iOS Ash DCosta @SoftwareWeaver www.Ashvil.net
- 2. About me • Founder and chief architect – Mobi Weave, Inc. • 20+ years experience in software with Intel, i2 Technologies, IdentityMine, i3Connect and Wells Fargo
- 3. MS BI on iOS SharePoint on iOS App Catalog
- 4. What is MonoTouch? Platform to enable C#/.NET programs on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
- 6. Then you will love MonoTouch
- 7. .NET on iOS
- 8. How does this work Your Mono Code Libraries CIL Native ARM Code via AOT and linking
- 9. AOT -> Link -> Binary MonoTouch uses Ahead-Of-Time compilation to produce a single statically compiled ARM binary AOT compilation pre-generates the native code that the JIT would normally generate from IL Links this together with the JIT-less runtime into a single native binary that can be signed
- 10. API Complete coverage of Apple iOS SDK Close to .NET4 client profile (minus Windows specific frameworks) Super set of windows phone 7 .NET API Binding API for Obj-C controls
- 11. Memory Management Retain - Garbage Release Collector
- 12. IDE
- 14. Debugger
- 15. Simulator
- 16. Best Docs ever
- 17. Settings
- 18. Demo Shake Maps
- 19. Sharing Code Cross platform C# on iOS, Android, Windows, Windows Phone
- 22. Pub-Sub with TinyMessenger TinyMessenger Business Layer UI Layer Publisher Subscriber
- 23. Cross Platform
- 24. MonoTouch.Dialog
- 25. MonoCross MVC
- 26. MonoGame MonoGame is an Open Source implementation of the Microsoft XNA 4 Framework.
- 28. Steps to first C# iOS app Get a Mac Download Download Write App Publish App XCode MonoTouch •Buy •From Mac •Run MT •Utilize C# •Signup for •Rent App store Installer expertise iOS •Borrow Developer program •Buy MonoTouch •Publish to App Store
- 29. Credits Thanks to Xamarin and the Mono team for an awesome product Also thanks to MonoTouch evangelists for images
- 30. Questions