Cross platform portable dll for MonoDroid and MonoTouch. This will allow you to build cross-platform multiplayer games on iOS and Android using C#/.NET skills by leveraging the powerfull AppWarp real time cloud gaming network.
This repo contains the dll built using MonoDevelop and will work in your MonoDroid applications targetted for Android as well as your MonoTouch application targetted towards iPhone.
Pre-requisites
This assumes that you have setup your MonoDevelop IDE for the platform that you are trying to build for (iOS/Android etc). If you haven't done that, you can get started on that by visiting http://docs.xamarin.com/
Steps for integrating AppWarp in to your Mono project
The steps are quite straight forward
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Download the zip file from this repo and unzip the contents.
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Open your application's solution
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Add references to the unzipped dlls i.e. AppWarpMonoLibrary.dll
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You can now add references to WarpClient and start using it in your application!
How to use the Samples
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Login/Sign-up on AppHQ (ShepHertz developer dashboard)
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From the dashboard, create a new app of type appwarp cloud gaming.
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Note its keys – you will require them to initialize the SDK in your code.
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From the dashboard, create a new room with 5 max players. Note its room id – you will require this in your code.
Android Sample
This Android sample shows how to build a cross platform chat application by integrating the AppWarp dll in your MonoDroid project. Follow the steps mentioned under above on integrating AppWarp into your Mono Project and apply them to the sample. Add the keys you got from AppHQ and add them to Constants.cs file where indicated. You are now ready to build!
iOS Sample
This iPhone sample shows how to build a cross platform chat application by integrating the AppWarp dll in your MonoTouch project. Follow the steps mentioned under above on integrating AppWarp into your Mono Project and apply them to the sample. Add the keys you got from AppHQ and add them to Constants.cs file where indicated. You are now ready to build!
