AstonJ

AstonJ

SCADE - Next Generation Mobile Application Development Platform

Just spotted this, and although it doesn’t seem to have had much action since 2018, posting it in case it sees a revival - there’s certainly a call for Swift > Android!

Cross Platform support for Android and iOS

Use Apple Swift to develop, build and deploy for multiple platforms using one single code base.

Compile the Swift source code into high-performance, native code using the Swift compilers for iOS and Android. Supported platforms are:

  • OSX using the blazing fast SCADE simulator
  • iOS simulator and binary (ipk)
  • Android Simulator ARM & x86
  • Android ARM & x86 binary (both 32bit and 64bit) (apk)

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stefan.jarina

stefan.jarina

Another good contender is Xamarin (it is even getting merged into .NET 6).

C# is a really good language with great tooling (my subjective opinion, I like C# more and more).

C# also can be used to write:

  • cross-platform CLI apps and services
  • crossplatform mobile apps
  • crossplatform gui apps (projects like Avalonia, Uno Platform)
    • MS is working on MAUI which should be crossplatform GUI framework)
  • web backend and frontend
    • Blazor (C# running in WASM) looks interesting, though I thin it is not yet ready to replace JS for me)
    • ASP.NET Core is extremely good, actually one of fastest frameworks out there (according to some benchmarks)
  • Games (Unity framework)
  • Machine Learning (ML.NET)
  • IoT

The only problem is “Microsoft” - as a linux guy I still feel a bit worried/uncertain about MS. Who knows what they decide again.

When C# was still only for Windows, I would never consider it, but nowadays, the benefit of one language and be able to write for so many platforms, it is definitely a strong contender to at least keep an eye on…

dimitarvp

dimitarvp

Wonder if somebody compared it with Flutter.

dasdom

dasdom

Author of Build Location-Based Projects for iOS

I think, if I would start to learn mobile development, I would learn Kotlin right now. When I remember correctly, you can build iOS apps with Kotlin.

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