Read the following to get an idea of cross-platform options: http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/07/cross-platform-app-development-part-1.html Review this regarding cross-platform app development and Xamarin connection: http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/07/cross-platform-app-development-part-1.html Review regarding XAMARIN: http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/01/master-c-and-become-universal-coder.html Now in Visual Studio 2015 CTP6 you have the Android app under New Project in C#. Sorry, not available for VB. Not only you can work with Android but also with iOS apps in Visual Studio 2015 CTP6. Review this following screen shot: Andy01 Herein you can write Anroid apps in C# and share your code with iPhone, iPad and other .NET languages. However, there are no built-in templates but there is a link in the previous window at the bottom which will take you to the templates (if any) on the Internet. In your search, look for Samples and under samples C#. Filter the ...