The company has partnered with third parties like Xamarin to provide cross-platform development using .NET, but this integration lets developers use Visual Studio to build apps for Android and iOS.

It's now easier than ever to create polished Android experiences. Greg Shackles shows how using Google's new Material Design style. With the release of Android 5.0, also known as Lollipop, Google ...

Xamarin is furthering its mission to make C# the mobile-development language of choice by allowing iOS coders to use Microsoft's Visual Studio.

Late last year, Microsoft launched Visual Studio App Center, its new unified mobile app development lifecycle solution for developers who want to write iOS, Android, Windows and macOS apps.