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I think the OP means building apps native to that platform. If you're building web or Android apps, you're cross-compiling, in which case the OS doesn't matter.

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Or building containerized software. Building on windows and deploying on linux is perfectly easy. Microsoft heavily supports that.

I write in C, mostly. For Windows, I mean.

Incidentally, is there a good way to build native Android apps on Android, without installing Android Studio?

Wait, Android Studio doesn't even support Android.

You can just use the Android SDK via the command line and don’t need to use Android Studio: https://www.revelo.com/blog/how-to-build-an-android-developm...

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