Microsoft officially kills Project Astoria tool for porting Android apps to Windows 10

Microsoft has officially confirmed that it is shutting down Project Astoria tool that allowed developers to port their existing Android apps to Windows 10 easily. The company had announced its plans to launch tools for developers to quickly port Android and iOS apps to Windows 10 earlier this April.

windows-10-logo
Continue reading “Microsoft officially kills Project Astoria tool for porting Android apps to Windows 10”

Microsoft delays Project Astoria, emulation tool to port Android apps to Windows

windows-10-repackaged-apps-1

Microsoft announced its plans to launch tools for developers to quickly port Android and iOS apps to Windows 10 earlier this April. The tool for porting Android apps is called Project Astoria and the iOS porting tool is called Project Islandwood. The company did not launch Astoria publicly even months after the announcement. Now there are reports from Re/code and Windows Central saying that Project Astoria is on hold indefinitely, and maybe even shelved completely, but Microsoft doesn’t want to talk about it now, saying that Astoria bridge is not ready yet. Continue reading “Microsoft delays Project Astoria, emulation tool to port Android apps to Windows”