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What about iOS where you definitely need OSX? Xamarin has some integration with VS (I've never used it myself), but it still needs a mac with OSX installed to w
by LordIllidan 13y ago
What about iOS where you definitely need OSX? Xamarin has some integration with VS (I've never used it myself), but it still needs a mac with OSX installed to work (even if it's just a macmini somewhere.
If Microsoft does buy Xamarin, I'd like the following to happen:
Xamarin and TestCloud become much cheaper.
More attention given to the IDE - fix the hell out of it
Better documentation
I also think it's a fantastic way of encouraging developers to work on WP 8. The less code you need to port from Objective-C/Java to .net, the better.
- skrebbel 13y ago> What about iOS where you definitely need OSX? I predict Xamarin Build Cloud. Devs who want to make WP apps on Mac or Linux have exactly thr same problem, just the other way around. A well integrated, "it just works" cross-platform build solution, straight from the IDE, has a lot of market value and fits perfectly in Xamarin's portfolio, Microsoft or not.
- LordIllidan 13y agoThat would be incredible. And they could use their test cloud infrastructure for automatic testing upon build..
- thatthatis 13y agoNot quite the same problem as MS officially supports running win7/8 in a virtual machine.
- keithwarren 13y agoI actually ask Miquel about this very thing at Evolve last April and he said they would love to do something like that but Apple TOS forbid it. That is your impediment.