Xamarin Inc., now a Microsoft subsidiary based on open source software, today announced new tools to help developers connect to Macs to create native iOS apps.

New Xamarin 2.0 for developing native mobile applications using C# offers a way for Microsoft Visual Studio developers to build apps for iOS and Android devices.

Xamarin 2.0 will help us build even better apps, faster.” With the massive rise in mobile devices and apps, cross platform development tools are enjoying a golden age.

API integration specialist CloudRail released SDKs for Xamarin developers coding Android and iOS apps in Visual Studio, promising easier connections to various third-party services.

Xamarin today unveiled version 4 of its cross-platform development suite, featuring a new Xamarin Mac Agent that lets developers build iOS apps completely from within the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.

Xamarin has been bringing .NET to iOS and Android developers for a number of years, including enabling iOS development from within Visual Studio. Microsoft, of course, has been doing the same for ...

Xamarin also supports development on OS X using Xamarin Studio. This too is now available for free as a community edition for small teams, and is included in MSDN Subscriptions.

Xamarin, which Microsoft bought last month, is now a free part of Visual Studio. Now .NET and C# developers can make iOS, Android, and Windows apps all at once, using the free Community version of ...