Project Astoria porting Android applications for Windows 10 is suspended – 01net

YouTube screenshot – Microsoft Build Conference 2015 – Microsoft

Not since April 2015 to dive back into the promises made by Microsoft to its developer community, during the Build 2015. Among these, a important announcement: the Redmond giant had announced that they would provide a tool to easily carry iOS apps (Project Islandwood) and Android (Project Astoria) on Windows 10 and Windows 10 mobile

But. it will likely be different for the Astoria project dedicated to port Android applications. The latter, launched by Terry Myerson (Microsoft vice president in charge of OS), which was intended to significantly expand its Microsoft Store, was never published for all developers. Only a few had access and were then share their feedback on the private forum bridgeforandroid.windows.com. And obviously, this is not going to happen. According to the Windows Central site, the Astoria project would be suspended until further notice, or even totally abandoned

Even if Microsoft does not have it. – Still – officially announced, the site is Windows Central state that Microsoft no longer communicate on this subject with the developers. Since September, Microsoft does indeed answer more questions from developers. The same source report that Windows “porting Android applications do not go as planned.”

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In addition, it seems that the Astoria project has raised legal questions about application porting. As for Islanwood projects to port iOS apps on Windows 10, it seems that it is maintained. Besides the next Facebook application for Windows might be inspired by the iOS app. If developers do not seem very upset at the idea that the Astoria project falls through, Microsoft has yet to find the most appropriate way to communicate on what could well be a failure ….

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