Is C++ used for mobile development?

I wonder if there's any framework that allows C++ coding for cross platoform mobile development with C++?

I know Xamarin uses C# and was recently acquired by Microsoft but I'm guessing there should be other tools out there do do this, right?

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Originally Posted by ricarod

I wonder if there's any framework that allows C++ coding for cross platoform mobile development with C++?

I know Xamarin uses C# and was recently acquired by Microsoft but I'm guessing there should be other tools out there do do this, right?

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What does Xamarin being acquired by Microsoft have to do with it being cross platform ? You might want to look at Qt.

Yes, C++ is used for mobile development. It's typically used as the core code, and on top of that is the UI code and platform-specific code (Java, etc). This is typically done because C++ is portable across platforms (i.e. it can be used on Android, Apple devices and computers of all kind).

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Originally Posted by Aslaville

What does Xamarin being acquired by Microsoft have to do with it being cross platform ? You might want to look at Qt.

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Xamarin is capable of creating mobile apps for Apple/iOS, Android, and Windows. I think it's safe to call that cross-platform. Qt's mobile development is basically limited to those platforms as well.

It's kind of disappointing but a lot of mobile apps nowadays are just dedicated and miniature browsers and the real app is just on a website written in HTML + JS.

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Originally Posted by Elkvis

Xamarin is capable of creating mobile apps for Apple/iOS, Android, and Windows. I think it's safe to call that cross-platform. Qt's mobile development is basically limited to those platforms as well.

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Yeah, you're correct but I think the OP was implying that Xamarin, after being acquired by M$ might at some point, if it has not yet already be limited to certain platforms.

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Originally Posted by MutantJohn

It's kind of disappointing but a lot of mobile apps nowadays are just dedicated and miniature browsers and the real app is just on a website written in HTML + JS.

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Plenty of people are still writing native apps, and Xamarin is really just a wrapper around the native API of each of its supported platforms. It's not just an embedded browser.

Thank you all for your comments, I think what I meant is what Elysia approached as

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Originally Posted by Elysia

...It's typically used as the core code, and on top of that is the UI code and platform-specific code....

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Question is where or how you get that "core code" compiled for multi-platform or do you just get your same code and compile it on different IDE's to result on different specific platforms?

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Originally Posted by ricarod

...do you just get your same code and compile it on different IDE's to result on different specific platforms?

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That's how you do it usually. Same source. Different compilers.