{"id":586,"date":"2011-12-05T12:19:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=586"},"modified":"2011-12-05T12:19:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T16:19:36","slug":"mono-for-android-4-0-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/mono-for-android-4-0-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Mono for Android 4.0 is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThousands of new API&#8217;s, tons of great new features, Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb &#8212; There is a lot to get excited about in Mono for Android 4.0!<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, check out our tutorials for using <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.xamarin.com\/android\/tutorials\">Mono for Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-587\" title=\"feature-ics\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature-ics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ice Cream Sandwich<\/h3>\n<p>Start building apps with access to all kinds of new features found in the latest version of Android: Ice Cream Sandwich.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-611\" title=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature_install.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Easy To Install<\/h3>\n<p>Getting started with Android can be time consuming, but the Mono for Android installer will have you up and running with just a few clicks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-589\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature_compress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Fasters Build, Smaller Apps<\/h3>\n<p>With builds that are 40% faster, you spend less time waiting and spend more time creating awesome apps. And with executables up to 70% smaller, your users spend less time downloading, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-629\" title=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature_android_tutorials.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Brand New Tutorials<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve released a brand new set of <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.xamarin.com\/android\">Getting Started Tutorials<\/a> to get you up and going with Mono for Android as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-624\" title=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature-tablet-support.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Great Tablet Apps<\/h3>\n<p>Mono for Android 4.0 adds support for all of the new tablet-specific widgets and APIs that were introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-613\" title=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature_google_maps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Google Maps<\/h3>\n<p>Integrate <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/xamarin\/\">Google Maps functionality<\/a> into your apps easier than ever before with newly bound APIs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-614\" title=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/feature_visualstudio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Visual Studio<\/h3>\n<p>Mono for Android works with Visual Studio so you don&#8217;t have to change IDE. 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