Xamarin XobotOS took those parts of Android that are based on Java and ported them over using a Java to C# conversion tool called Sharpen.

Xamarin, the folks that created the Mono open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework, are at it again. This time, they've managed to port parts of Android to Microsoft's C# language.

The results? Xamarin ran a series of benchmarks and found that Android actually runs faster on C# than it does on Java. Xamarin has released the source code for their new version of Android.

Xamarin has ported Android to C# in an effort to improve its own development tools and show that the OS doesn't have to be dependent on Java.

In However, Xamarin officials think C# is the ideal mobile-development language and the one that's easiest for mobile devs of all stripes to use to write iOS, Android and Windows 8 apps.

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Xamarin releases XobotOS, the .NET-powered version of Android Mono developer Xamarin has published its C# and .NET port of Android.

Xamarin's claim to fame is Mono, an open-source framework allowing Android and iOS apps to be built using C# running on top of Java. Now, with what the company calls the XobotOS Research Project, the ...

Xamarin, the current care takers of the Mono project, have released a prototype of Android with the Java virtual machine completely removed. In its place is the Mono for Android version of the CLR ...

Xamarin has completed the Mono port to MIPS and now offers Mono for Android running on the MIPS architecture besides the ARM one.