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leighhydes
leighhydes

Reputation: 87

Can I use VB.NET to develop applications using MonoDroid?

I would like to know if it is possible to develop smartphone applications using VB.NET rather than C# with the MonoDroid Visual Studio addin?

Also, if possible could anyone point me in the right direction of some example code in VB.NET not C#?

Many thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 15188

Answers (2)

Howard
Howard

Reputation: 3848

Here is an article From http://mono-android.net/FAQ

Currently Mono for Android does not support Visual Basic.

We are looking at adding support for Visual Basic on upcoming versions of Mono for Android.

Technically, what needs to happen is the following: we need to provide the Visual Basic helper library (part of Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll) and compile it to work with the Mono for Android mscorlib.dll instead of the standard Mono 2.0 mscorlib.dll

With the above it will be possible to use Microsoft's Visual Studio to compile VB code that will run on Mono for Android. But we want to support Mono's own Visual Basic compiler, but that will also require the compiler to run using the Mono for Android mscorlib.dll. This is not difficult, but requires time to get done and integrate into our release process.

At this point there is no ETA on when the above will happen. [enter link description here][1]

[1]: http://mono-android.net/FAQ

Upvotes: 5

eldarerathis
eldarerathis

Reputation: 36213

Not at this time. You can find an explanation in the FAQ, but the first few lines state:

Does Mono for Android support Visual Basic?

Currently Mono for Android does not support Visual Basic.

We are looking at adding support for Visual Basic on upcoming versions of Mono for Android.

Upvotes: 1

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