monitouch

Monotouch is a software development kit (SDK) developed by Novell and later purchased by Xamarin, which allows developers to create native mobile applications for the Apple iOS platform using the C# programming language. The SDK was first released in 2010 and was designed to provide an alternative to the Objective-C language commonly used for iOS development.

Monotouch provided a set of tools and libraries that enabled developers to create iOS apps using familiar C# syntax, libraries, and tools, such as Visual Studio and NuGet. The SDK allowed developers to share code between iOS, Android, and Windows platforms, using the Mono runtime environment. This facilitated cross-platform development and reduced the time and effort required to maintain separate apps for different mobile operating systems.

Monotouch was known for providing a range of native iOS APIs, allowing developers to access device capabilities and services, such as GPS, camera, and networking, with ease. The SDK also included a fully functional.NET runtime environment, which provided select features from the full.NET Framework, such as runtime and setup of.NET assemblies.

Monotouch was widely adopted by the development community, and its use allowed many businesses and organizations to take advantage of the benefits of cross-platform development and the ecosystem of tools and software available for monolithic.NET-based platforms. Although Xamarin later released more advanced tools and platforms, such as Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.iOS, Monotouch remains an important part of the history of cross-platform app development.