If you want a Cambrian explosion of apps using Microsoft infrastructure and ad networks) if you're still in that business), just write QuickBASIC for mobile. That compiles to native code. Not a joke. Windows RT and all windows Mobile editions would have had an honest chance if Microsoft still remembered how to use its heritage instead of pushing for bleeding edge architecture astronaut frameworks every two years.
Compilers and interpreters are supposed to simplify development and automate as much as possible. don't make people learn new bibles of APIs every time an executive gets on stage to announce new products and software.
Give the simple, obvious stuff a try once in a while. Get back to BASICs.
