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title: "What is mono in Android"  
description: "What is mono in Android"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-11-06  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22886/what-is-mono-in-android  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is mono in Android

Mono for Android is a software development kit that allows developers to use the C# language to create mobile applications for Android-based devices.**\****Mono for Android exposes two sets of APIs:**

- The core .NET APIs that C# developers are familiar with\
- A C# binding to Android's native APIs exposed through the Mono.Android.* namespace.

We can use Mono for Android to develop applications that are distributed through the Android Application Stores or to deploy software to our personal hardware or the Android simulator.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Mono for Android is a software development kit that allows developers to use the C# language to create mobile applications for Android-based devices.**\****Mono for Android exposes two sets of APIs:**

- The core .NET APIs that C# developers are familiar with\
- A C# binding to Android's native APIs exposed through the Mono.Android.* namespace.

We can use Mono for Android to develop applications that are distributed through the Android Application Stores or to deploy software to our personal hardware or the Android simulator.


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