Need to make small apllication that runs on iphone-Ipad (maybe stupid question : ( )

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Hello,

I have developped a apllication for a client that is running based on a SQL server.

Now the client is asking me if i can make some program that he can use on his iphone or his Ipad to view/change some data from the SQL server.

Is there a easy way to make a simple program where i can read or update some SQL data.

Maybe there is something in the new VB.net that is Ios 5 compatible ?

If not , any suggestions are mostly welcome.

Merry christmas.

Thanks

Ddier

Posted 25-Dec-11 9:58am

Didier Cauberghe

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Michael Haephrati · Answer 1 · 2011-12-25T10:26:00

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You need to write a new applicaiton using Apple SDK. To develop for ios (the platform used for IPhone and IPad), please refer to: http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action[^]

Posted 25-Dec-11 10:26am

Michael Haephrati

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Dec-11 23:50pm

I basically agree and even voted 5, but there is at least one method of using .NET development on iOS, please see my answer.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-12-25T17:45:00

At this moment, I know only one way of developing .NET applications on iOS — MonoTouch platform, which is one the the versions of Mono, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonoTouch#MonoTouch[^]
http://xamarin.com/monotouch[^]

In principle, if you use only standard CLR libraries + System.Windows.Forms and build the project on Windows targeted to .NET Framework v.3.5, this application normally works on other platforms under Mono, without re-compilation. Despite of number of minor incompatibilities, I do it in regular basis. I've done if for Linix and Max OS X, not for iOS though.

It works very well on different flavors of Linux and other systems, but it looks more or less ugly on Apple platforms, which is probably the most hostile to third-party products. Mac OS and iOS systems have different concept of UI, so your Forms application might seem not a first-class citizen.

Development of decent Apple applications are possible using the bridge product called MonobjC, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monobjc[^],
http://www.monobjc.net/[^]. I tried it on Mac OS X only, don't know much its use on iOS, but you would certainly need to try.

—SA