I want to build an app to target android first, then as many other platforms as quick to do thereafter.
So what tooling should I download to get a mobile app running by sunday afternoon? The app should be pretty, talk to a backend service and run on my android and if possible an ipad?
I have recently started using Xamarin for a client who wanted apps for the major mobile platforms. It was a little confusing at first to get going and understand how to structure my app. It took about a whole day to understand what I needed to know. But once it clicked, it was very easy to write my code for the platforms in a small amount of time. The code I wrote is 100% reusable for each of the platforms.