Mono for Android consists of the core Mono runtime, bindings for native Android APIs, a Visual Studio 2010 plugin to develop Android applications, and a software development kit that contains all the tools needed to build, debug and deploy applications.

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The software development kit, along with software tools for building applications, is slated to be released to alliance members in a few weeks.

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Google is releasing a software development kit for native applications, which could potentially introduce security vulnerabilities.

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Qualcomm recently unveiled a platform and software development kit that allows developers to build new applications that bring online and offline worlds together.

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The bulk of the keynote address was taken up by developers showing off applications they'd built for the iPhone using a software developer kit Apple introduced in March.

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The last element that will help Apple hit its 2008 sales target of 10 million iPhones is slated to be unveiled Thursday: a software kit that will help third-party developers construct applications for the device.

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With new releases of Flash Platform tools including an AIR 2.5 software development kit (SDK), developers can build mobile and multiscreen applications for smartphones and tablets, while maximizing design and development productivity.

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Nina is also the first solution that provides an open software development kit (SDK) to support the rapid integration of virtual assistant capabilities into existing mobile applications.

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