Making a C#/Winform application cross-platform - should I use AIR, Mono, or something else?

Question

I have an app that I\'ve written in C#/WinForms (my little app). To make it cross-platform, I\'m thinking of redoing it in Adobe AIR. Are there any arguments in favor of Win

Answer 1

As far as my experience in Flex/AIR/Flash actionscripting goes, Adobe AIR development environment and coding/debugging toolsets are far inferior to the Visual Studio and .NET SDK as of the moment. The UI toolsets are superior though.

But as you already have a working C# code, porting it to ActionScript might requires a redesign due to ActionScript having a different way of thinking/programming, they use different primitive data types, for example, they use just a Number instead of int float double etc. and the debugging tools are quiet lacking compared to VS IMO.

And I heard that Mono's GtkSharp is quiet a decent platform.

But if you don't mind the coding/debugging tooling problems, then AIR is a great platform. I like how Adobe integrates the Flash experience into it e.g. you can start an installation of AIR application via a button click in a flash movieclip, that kind of integration.