Android developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio now have more choice. They can opt for Microsoft’s cross-platform toolset or use an Android development add-on recently released as open source.

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In another nod to the winners of the mobile market share battle — Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS — Microsoft is improving its signature Visual Studio IDE with more functionality for their phones and ...

It just might be the ultimate convergence of the three major computing platforms of today: emulating the Android OS on a Mac via Microsoft software. Ok, it may not be a convergence, but it is about to ...

It's interesting to look at the needs of various segments of developers. When I first start looking at an environment, the first thing I need to understand is the UI. I'm not magically born with some ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More When Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 for Windows arrives, ...

Google released a Visual Studio extension for creating gaming apps for Android, targeting C++ developers. The Android Game Development Extension (AGDE) is part of the new Android Game Development Kit ...

During Microsoft’s Connect 2015 event today live from New York, the company announced it is open-sourcing its Visual Studio Code program for developers and in the process bringing its Visual Studio ...

Microsoft's development tools have always been excellent as opposed to Android / Linux. It seems that each time I update Android Studio, I have to change some version number in some obscure .xml file ...

One of the biggest roadblocks to Android app development is just coming to grips with the tool set: asking developers weaned on Visual Studio to drop it for the likes of Eclipse is tossing them in the ...