Mono for Android presentation given by Kevin McMahon (@klmcmahon) to the WindyCityGo mobile conference April 9, 2011.

1. Mono
for
Android?
Kevin McMahon WindyCityGo Chicago, IL April 9, 2011

2. @klmcmahon
http://about.me/
kevinmcmahon

3. tl;dr

5. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW

6. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW

7. Novell

8. Wha?
Seriously?

9. Novell

10. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW

11. Mono

12. Mono is an open source
implementation of
Microsoft's .NET Framework
based on the ECMA standards
for C# and the CLR.

13. Three
Technologies

14. Compiler

15. Virtual
Machine

16. Libraries

17. Mono
for
Android

19. Android Specific:
Compiler
Mono VM
Libraries

20. SDK

21. System.*
Mono.*
Android.*
Java.*

22. System.*
Mono.*
Android.*
Java.*

23. System.*
Mono.*
Android.*
Java.*

24. Tools

25. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW

29. WHO
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30. NOW

31. 1.0

32. $399 Personal
$999 Enterprise
$99 Student

33. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
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WHY
HOW

34. WHY
BOTHER?

35. Myths

36. 1. Not Native

37. Uses the exact same
libraries as native apps

38. 2. Lazy

39. Have to learn the
native framework

40. 3. Speed

41. Mono on
Mono VM
Java on
Dalvik VM

42. 4. Hard

43. Java and C# are similar
plus you have great
support from Novell
and...

45. 5. No Reason

46. Haters gonna hate.

47. Benefits

48. Cross
Platform

49. iOS
Android
Windows
Phone 7

50. + Mac

51. Code Reuse*

52. * - except GUI code

53. Less Code

54. Less Code
Less Bugs

55. C#

56. LINQ

58. org.xml.sax.XmlReader
org.xml.sax.helpers.Handler

60. () => { Console.WriteLine(“Lambdas”); };

63. CLR
+
DLR

64. iOS
Android
Windows
Phone 7

65. iOS
Android
Windows
Phone 7

66. IronPython
IronRuby
IronJS

67. //

68. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW

73. Mono VM < > Dalvik

74. Interop

75. Linking

76. RECAP

77. WHO
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WHERE
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80. WHO
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81. WHO
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WHERE
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82. WHO
WHAT
WHERE
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WHY
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83. Questions?

84. THANKS!
@klmcmahon
http://about.me/kevinmcmahon

85. http://mono-android.net
https://github.com/mono/
monodroid-samples
#monodroid

86. Photo Credits:
http://tirania.org/pictures/android-dalvik-mono.png
http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/c/c8/
Statlerandwaldorf.JPG
http://mono-android.net/@api/deki/files/4/
=architecture2.PNG
http://octoviana.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/
Chocolate-Health-Benefits-chocolate-tips.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u5YQMXBhVkI/
TQe5BElWD-I/AAAAAAAAAKg/M_40rzA8AII/s1600/
peanut+butter+jar1011937.jpg