Developing apps in Xcode?

I have recently started developing apps in Xcode, now my problem arises when I want to develop the same app for android or windows. Does this mean I have to learn some new programming language or a software? If I have to, how different is it from Xcode? And also if its possible to develop from an OS X system.
Thanks in advance!

First Xcode is the IDE not the language. The language for IOS and OS X development (a t least up to now) is Objective-C. (Swift, Apple's new language will eventually replace Objective-C for a most app development).
As for cross platform development I have head of some 3rd party web based sites that claim the ability to develop for IOS and Android but I have not personally tried any so can't say how well or if they work. I can see the underlying logic, the model, being cross platform but when it comes to things like the GUI its hard to imagine given the differences between IOS and Andriod.
One thing is no matter how you develop your code you will have to have Xcode on a Mac in order to submit the app to Apple and the App Store, there is no way around that.
regards

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Instead, use the link below to the developer downloads page, click on the little white right arrow next to the app and it will expand. The download link (not obvious) is a very small blue link over to the right.   Tricky, apple, tricky.
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Xcode:
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