Microsoft announced another attempt to resolve what has been a problem in recent years: many of the applications that the iOS users, Apple and Android are used do not exist for Windows Phone, which has been an obstacle the adoption of this system.
The company will now facilitate the implementation of Android applications and iOS for the next Windows. The new tools will enable developers to reuse software code, so that they can quickly adapt and able to also enjoy the functionality of the Microsoft platform, such as virtual assistant Cortana.
The news was announced at the Build conference, for developers, which started on Wednesday and in which revelations were made on Windows 10, which will arrive this year and which will be, in different versions, the system operating for computers, tablets , mobile phones and the Xbox console. One aim of having a universal system is precisely to facilitate the development of applications that work on all these devices.
Microsoft will also make available a tool that lets you convert a traditional Windows application and a web application, an application of Windows 10, which can be distributed and installed from the app store.
The number of small applications, compared to competing stores of Apple and Google, has been a vicious cycle for Microsoft. Because there are fewer applications, many consumers away from the system. This little market share, meanwhile, departs the creators, concentrating resources on rival platforms, which have much more users.
The company admitted in the event that the strategy is to entice programmers, causing them to become interested in the platform and end up by creating root applications.
Microsoft also demonstrated a feature called Continuum, which allows applications on a mobile device change their interface when the device is connected to a large screen and a mouse and keyboard, to read features and a Similar to the aspect of computer applications.
At the conference, has not yet revealed the successor to the name browser Internet Explorer, which will continue to exist, albeit in a limited manner solely for companies that need it. Hitherto known as the Spartan Project code, the new browser will be called Edge.
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