Microsoft kills tool that facilitates migration to Android … – Computerworld

Microsoft has confirmed that will not continue with the Astoria Project, an effort that facilitates the portability of Android applications for your Windows Universal Platform (UWP). The tool, which served as a “bridge” between the operating systems, was presented by the company in 2015.

In fact, the technology not well came to be released, and died before being tested in scale . In November, the manufacturer revealed that the arrival of the system would be delayed because it “was not ready”. But experts indicate that the giant would be facing legal issues regarding the opening of interfaces (APIs).

After all, a version of the Astoria project leaked a few months ago, has been welcomed by many users who have tried to carry Apps developed for the company’s platform founded by Bill Gates.

the end of the project, however, may be an extra challenge that Microsoft will have to face in the world of mobility. After all, the company needs to strengthen the applications on Windows 10 and make life easier for developers working on the Android platform could help in this task.

The company explained that the death of the tool focused on Google solution to have received feedback from developers claiming to be “bridges” that separate facilitate the portability of apps on Android and iOS for Windows is “unnecessary” and “confused,” not making sense.

Microsoft now encourages developers to use the bridges for iOS apps to convert to Windows. Alternatively, you can still use Xamarin platform recently acquired by the company, which enables you to use .Net framework and write in C # and then porting applications for your operating system.