Help In Converting Android API Calls to C#

Elements C#
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I’m working my way through Android Programming by Big Nerd Ranch, but using RemObjects C# to do it. I’ve managed to get through to Chapter 5 and everything works well. But it is taking quite a while to discover how to convert the Java/Android code into something C# compatible. I’ve looked through everything I can find on this site and Google, and cannot find something that would help me understand the equivalence to something such as

Intent i = new Intent(QuizActivity.this, CheatActivity.class);

Is there a wiki or a help file I have simply missed that would help me out? I would save hours of time with a simple reference that would help me to know what the same code would be in C#.

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The first one is a bit trickier; In java nested classes inherit the “this” from their outside class, but C# you have to add a parameter to the constructor like:

class OuterClass {
QuizActivity {
  private OuterClass owner;
  public QuizActivity(OuterClass owner) { this.owner =owner; }

so you have the outer class this instance, then use “outer” in the first parameter.
CheatActivity.class translates to typeof(CheatActivity)

3

Cool. would you be willing to contribute these ported samples so that we could make them available to other users?

4

I would be willing to share. Just zip up what I’ve got and post it or is there a better way?

5

Cool. You can just zip up and email them to us (support@), or you could pull request for https://github.com/teamro/elements-samples. whatever is easiest for you.

thanx!

6

Thanx, i’ve added the samples to the repo.