mono for android: yes or no?

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Hey all!
I'm a .net developer who wants to start android app developement. I found out that I have to either learn Java or use mono for android and program in c#. Which one is better?

Do you have the power of using Java when developing using mono for android or it has restrictions?

Posted 28-Sep-12 1:14am

cs101000

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ridoy 28-Sep-12 7:49am

it completely depends on you..if you are eager to learn java then you can start it,but if you want to stay with .net,then relax,start with mono,it is powerful enough for developing android apps

cs101000 29-Sep-12 3:01am

Thank you for the answer. And what is the differance between Java SDKs(SE,EE,ME)? I saw many versions of those and I dont know which one to download to get started?

ridoy 29-Sep-12 6:02am

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2857376/difference-between-java-se-ee-me

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Sandip.Nascar · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-06T19:58:00

As a .net developer, I would prefer to go for Mono Android. I personally have been developing Android Application for the last few years both in Java/Davlink and Mono C#.

Like java, Mono C# Android is capable of creating powerful Application.
Even in few cases, I find working with Mono C# more comfortable than Java when comes to communicate with Webservice and WCF.

Moreover, there is a learning curve, if you go for java as you have already a knowledge in .Net.

One thing to note before you start developing Android Apps in Mono -
There is a licence fee to deploy apk file in device (USD 399). It is free to develop application and test in emulator.

Apart from this, Xamarin Mono C# is awesome and you can even use your existing business layer and data layer with minimal change.

Check my latest article on Android Mono C#
Android - Stock Market Watch (COINS) in C# using Visual Studio 2010[^]

cheers