Can I develop an app using a windows based pc and what language would I use?

I want to create an app that can be used by apple users as well as android users but I only have a windows based pc. Can I develop an app that can be used on apple and iphones. What language would I used. Can I used IOS?

Why not start with what you have, you could build an Android app with your PC, on a Mac you could build both an Android app and an iOS app. Actually, there are some paid programs that'll let you develop iOS apps on Windows but my knowledge of them is shallow, obviously Xcode on OSX is the best IDE for building iOS apps, after all Apple uses it to build their own apps.

Another thing is native tests on an actual targeted device, a multi platform app means more devices to test on.

Language, framework, official IDE:
Android - Java, Android Application Framework, Eclipse ADT
iOS - Objective-C, Cocoa Touch framework, XCode

If you know a programming language or two, learning another one isn't that hard, the hard part I think is the frameworks and its concepts, very very steep learning curve (at least for a beginner like myself).

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