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What are the best frameworks for developing cross-platform mobile apps with C/C++?

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Best frameworks for developing cross-platform mobile apps with C/C++	Price	Mobile targets	Platforms
-- Qt	-	Android, Tizen, IOS, Plasma Mobile, Blackbery	X11, Wayland, MacOS, Windows, Android, IOS
-- Cocos2d-x	-	iOS; Android	iOS; Android
-- Marmalade	$499	iOS; Android; Windows Phone	iOS; Android; Windows Phone

Qt

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Mobile targets:Android, Tizen, IOS, Plasma Mobile, Blackbery

Platforms:X11, Wayland, MacOS, Windows, Android, IOS

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Global community

The community behind Qt is both massive and approachable. Digia (also owners) are joined by the likes of Intel, KDAB, ICS, Canonical and numerous others in sponsoring development, while communities such as KDE also contribute significantly. Forums are active, mailing lists are open, irc channels chatting, git repositories well managed. Answers to questions are usually minutes away. See More

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Good documentation

Professional, thorough documentation with examples, available either in a web browser or in the stand-alone desktop client called assistant. See More

Marmalade

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Mobile targets:iOS; Android; Windows Phone

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX

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