Project Astoria: How easy it looks to port Android apps to Windows 10

Sometimes, it merely takes one line of code to port an Android app over to Windows 10 for phones. Once Windows 10 RTM is released, Project Astoria, or Project A as it is referred to, will become ...
Computerworld

Microsoft’s universal app platform is play for mobile, but can it deliver?

If Windows 10 is key to Microsoft’s effort to succeed in mobile, then the universal app platform is the technology that could make that happen. It promises to bring developers the cross-device nirvana ...

Personal finance app Prism plans to port their Android/iOS app to Windows 10

Prism currently has a Windows Phone app (titled: Prism Bill Pay ), a Windows Store app, as well as an app on Android and iOS. A Prism user reached out to the company on Twitter and asked if they plan ...
PC World

Microsoft makes good on promise to speed up Windows 11 apps

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been pushing to migrate UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps to the newer Windows App SDK. The transition hasn’t been completely smooth, though, and the company ...
Neowin

Microsoft launches a public preview of UWP app support for .NET 9

Microsoft has announced it has launched a public preview of its new UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9 Windows app developers who are coding their projects for UWP (Universal Windows ...