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copied!<p>Although Visual Studio is really good for Windows and Windows Phone development, it won't help you with Android or iPhone development by itself. And C# being from Microsoft, it's got good support for Windows, and then lesser support through avenues such as Mono. That being said, C# and .NET are open specifications so it is possible to see them on non-Microsoft products such as an Android phone.</p> <p>That means there are opportunities for using an engine that has been designed as multiplatform. If you're making games, then you can use a platform such as <a href="http://unity3d.com/unity/download/" rel="nofollow">Unity 3D</a>. Unity can be programmed using Visual Studio and scripted using C#. It's also free for personal programming, but the iPhone version does cost money.</p> <p>Along those same lines, Adobe makes <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/devicecentral/" rel="nofollow">Adobe® Device Central CS5</a> software. It's programmed with Actionscript, not C#, but I think they are very similar methods of programming. CS5 can be used for both iPhone and Android.</p> <p>Nokia's <a href="http://qt.nokia.com/products/platform/platforms" rel="nofollow">QT</a> supports a lot of platforms, including Mac and Windows, Symbian and Linux. There's a port for Android called <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/necessitas/wiki/Home/" rel="nofollow">Necessitas</a>. However, I don't think there's support for iPhone just now.</p> <p>The main question consideration then is whether you will be happy with your final product. The programming language or engine that you use has a certain influence on how well you achieve your goals.</p> <p>If you're making a game and know C# already, you might consider Unity although there is a bit of learning involved. I do know that some game studios are using Unity for their games. Check out AirAttack, Startrooper and Batching, as well as the games on this thread: <a href="http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/14591-Unity-iPhone-Apps-in-the-Store-List-Yours-Here/page39" rel="nofollow">http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/14591-Unity-iPhone-Apps-in-the-Store-List-Yours-Here/page39</a>.</p> <p>PS: even if you're programming Unity on a Windows computer, at the end of the day to publish on the iPhone you would need to have a Mac and an iPhone SDK installed on it. So technically the answer is yes, you can write iphone apps using visual studio and c#. But to get them into the store and onto an iPhone, you need to perform some steps outside the Visual Studio development environment.</p>

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