Recommendations ?
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Xamarin / Xamarin Forms. Included in VS (even the Community Edition) and it keeps as much code as it can common - you only have to provide OS specific parts where they are very different.
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Xamarin? :confused:
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Mark Twainthat's what came in my mind but we need to target windows and mac too for desktop app
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Here are some options: cross-platform-tools-for-c-developers[^] :-\
will check these out. Thanks
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does that covers for desktop platform windows and mac too ?
It covers UWP apps, which run directly on the windows desktop, but not WinForms / WPF. MAC I haven't tried, but: Building Your First macOS App | Xamarin Blog[^] seems to imply it does.
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What are the options to build an app that would run on windows, mac , android and IOS with a single common code base ? Any third party framework available for that or what could be the approach for that ?
With that many platforms you're almost forced into a webpage in a browser control (cr)app. X|
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What are the options to build an app that would run on windows, mac , android and IOS with a single common code base ? Any third party framework available for that or what could be the approach for that ?
Python is your best choice. Microsoft has been touting the crossplatformability of .Net Core, but that's just propaganda. Python runs the same way on any platform.
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Python is your best choice. Microsoft has been touting the crossplatformability of .Net Core, but that's just propaganda. Python runs the same way on any platform.
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013#realJSOP wrote:
Python runs the same way on any platform.
Not quite true. See [Bug in Python Script May Have Affected Hundreds of Studies](https://cacm.acm.org/news/240221-bug-in-python-script-may-have-affected-hundreds-of-studies/fulltext)
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that's what came in my mind but we need to target windows and mac too for desktop app
I have continually tried Xamarin and still don't like it. I've found it easier to write the apps in Native tech than learn Xamarin and I've been writing C# since 2000. But that's just an opinion. The best choice for this is actually...brace yourself....HTML5. HTML5 is HTML, JavaScript and CSS, of course. It's still not possible in any technology to get desktop and mobile in the same go. But, if you build 1. PWA (Progressive Web App) HTML5 2. ElectronJS app (based upon HTML5) Then you will get all environments. ElectronJS will give you complete deployment with the same code to Linux, Windows and MacOS. Then you'll be able to use the same code to build your PWA as a mobile app. PWAs are deployed in such a way that users can install the icon to their mobile desktop as if it is an app. I've built and Electron App that currently runs on Linux, MacOS, Windows and there are no code changes at all --- just build it on each platform. ElectronJS also creates installation packages for each OS that works just as if you are deploying a desktop app -- users don't know the difference. Actually the ElectronJS app deploys much easier -- less security hoops to jump thru - it just works. But, I know most people just hate JavaScript and there are good reasons to. But, any tool used properly can be a great thing. Also, you can do TypeScript for ElectronJS and that cleans up a lot of the JavaScript problems. Good luck.
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What are the options to build an app that would run on windows, mac , android and IOS with a single common code base ? Any third party framework available for that or what could be the approach for that ?
Driving from the word "Snake Oil" I guess 'Python' should be closer to what you need. lol On a serious note, if it's a UI based application. Just go for React, host it on a server & then place it on a HTML control that's available in every platform you mentioned.
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What are the options to build an app that would run on windows, mac , android and IOS with a single common code base ? Any third party framework available for that or what could be the approach for that ?
