I'm not too familiar with android programming and I've been reading documentation&trying out things with monodroid for 3 days (and still am not getting anywhere) so I'll really appreciate if I can get any help from here. Thanks.
Basically my problem is, I have quite a large amount of source code written in C#, they are built into .dll libraries and the dll file is provided to people who want to use its functionalities. Now I want to port this library to Android so it can be used to develop android apps. Since it is in C#, I thought Monodroid would be perfect for it. However, I would like the resulting file to be used for developers wrting application in Java (afterall, thats the language most people use) I realize that monodroid can generate http://docs.xamarin.com/android/advanced_topics/architecture/android_callable_wrappers ACW which is needed for Android runtime, does that mean, it actually generate some Java code (and maybe I can take that and build them into a JAR?) It also says that Monodroid produce applications that http://support.xamarin.com/customer/portal/articles/140416-will-my-users-need-to-install-mono- do not require users to install monodroid because the mono mobile runtime is linked to application, then does it mean I can produce a library file that does not require developer to use monodroid to reference it? There is a post similar to my question but there is no practical answer given: http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Calling-a-MonoDroid-library-from-native-Java-td4403364.html older post - I know I can sorta use monodroid make the library class into a Android library class and if I also use monodroid to write the andriod application I can directly use this class - but what if I write the application in java? I cannot reference a .dll in java right? The summarized question is here: Can I use Monodroid to convert the C# library to a JAR or any type of file that can be used by Android java developers? If I can, how? And.. ew this is a lot of words.. if you can provide not a solution to my problem but a few thoughts, please also say them out so I can investigate about it some more. Thanks!!! -- View this message in context: http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/output-library-file-for-general-Android-app-development-use-tp5054570p5054570.html Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list Monodroid@lists.ximian.com UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
