Microsoft knows that to leverage its new mobile platform will need the support of independent developers to fill its interesting applications store and so be on an equal footing with the two main systems competitors, Android and iOS. At the end of the first half of the year the Redmond giant announced what would be the solution to this problem with the project dubbed Astoria Islandwood. But it seems that plans changed, at least in the case of applications that would be brought from the green little robot system .
The Astoria project, recently renamed to “Windows Bridge to Android “, allow developers would lead their applications built for Android reusing much of the code, saving you the trouble of rewriting it from scratch for the Redmond platform. It was also required the presence of an Android subsystem in Windows 10 Mobile, added by the first compilations released by Microsoft in the Insider program.
As we follow in recent months, the various builds of Windows 10 Mobile (up to the current 10586 RTM expected for the next days) allowed users would lead their favorite applications on Android for Microsoft System with tools that converted the .apk installation files. Before long we had large lists of successfully ported applications. But a month ago, after the release of build 10549, the subsystem Android present in Redmond system had been totally removed for allegedly interfering with system performance.
Now, in spite of promises that the project still, it seems that Microsoft should not go down that line, it is declaring new material Windows Central. Page of sources dedicated to Windows news have revealed that the Astoria project would not have gone as planned and point Some of the main reasons ; dissatisfaction of developers, cited interference on system performance, legal reasons involving emulation of Android and the high investment in development work (a team of 80 people from the 5 required for Islandwood).
Finally, although Microsoft claims that is committed to the Astoria project (from Windows to Android Bridge), acknowledges that he is not yet ready and discusses more viable alternatives . Besides the Islandwood (used to adapt iOS apps), we also have projects Westminster (porting Web apps) and Centennial (porting Win32 apps). As for working with the emulation of Android, in addition to the complete removal of the subsystem in Windows 10 Mobile, we also have a lack of updates or new information (since September) in the specific forum or for those who have signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Therefore, it is not good to keep many hopes for the progress of this project
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