Is there a development environment for iOS/Android on Windows 7?

Question

Android

Ideal - just launch and start coding.
Xamarin Studio? Paid and seems to be built into VS.
Are there any other options?
Thank you.

Answer 1

There are actually several options for Android
: 1. Eclipse . Initially, the SDK was made for it. But this combine works a little slow on a more or less large project. Just download Eclipse Standard . All other options contain plugins you don't need.
2. Netbeans . It's also a good development environment. Not much inferior to Eclipse.
3. Android Studio . In fact, the name hides IntelliJ IDEA , which I consider to be the best Java development environment. This confirms the fact that Google abandoned Eclipse in favor of this development environment. Choose her and you won't regret it.
It is worth noting one more fact. For the first two, you must download the Android SDK separately and then specify its location in the settings. Android Studio already contains the SDK and will set everything up by itself. But for development, you still need to launch the SDK manager and install the versions of Android you need that you plan for development.
But for iOS, everything is more complicated. Firstly, there is no way to develop on Windows or Linux. Only Mac OS and nothing else. As an IDE for development native and free Xcode from Apple. You can also purchase a paid AppCode from the same JetBrains, which is the developer of IntelliJ IDEA and many other popular IDEs.

Answer 2

The short answer is no.
With Xamarin, everything is not so simple there. With Xamarin, you can develop with VisualStudio. That is, write code and even debug it. Including for iOS. But you need a Mac on the network in order to compile this code on it.
On the other hand, you can develop for Android on anything, including a Mac. Everything is cross-platform. So if you need BOTH platforms, then you need a Mac with OS X, not Windows 7.