The document provides an introduction to iPhone development using MonoTouch, highlighting Mono as a C# compiler and runtime that enables cross-platform development. It discusses licensing under ECMA/ISO standards and the Microsoft Community Promise, while addressing the limitations of MonoTouch being Mac-only and the incomplete state of Mono for Android. Resources for further information, including links to Xamarin documentation, are also mentioned.

1. Intro to iPhone
Development
with
MonoTouch
by Michael Koby

2. What is Mono?

3. What is Mono?

4. What is Mono?
• C# Compiler

5. What is Mono?
• C# Compiler
• Runtime (CLR & DLR)

6. What is Mono?
• C# Compiler
• Runtime (CLR & DLR)
• Cross Platform

7. What is Mono?
Cross Platform

8. Cross Platform

9. Cross Platform

10. Cross Platform

11. But the Patents!

12. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)

13. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)
• Code covered under Microsoft Community
Promise

14. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)
• Code covered under Microsoft Community
Promise
• Variety of Open Source Licenses

15. But the Patents!
• ECMA/ISO Standards (C# & Compiler)
• Code covered under Microsoft Community
Promise
• Variety of Open Source Licenses
• http://mono-framework.com/
FAQ:_Licensing#Patents

16. How do we use C# to
develop mobile apps?

18. MonoTouch
Image taken from http://blog.xamarin.com/
Mono for Android

19. Resources
Xamarin
http://www.xamarin.com
Xamarin Docs
http://docs.xamarin.com/ios
http://docs.xamarin.com/android

20. Limitations

21. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only

22. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only
• Mono for Android isn’t 100% complete

23. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only
• Mono for Android isn’t 100% complete
• http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/
limitations

24. Limitations
• MonoTouch is Mac Only
• Mono for Android isn’t 100% complete
• http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/
limitations
• http://docs.xamarin.com/android/about/
limitations

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