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Windows 10 Can Run Reworked Android and iOS Apps

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcome-to-the-party dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this interesting news from Microsoft. After months of rumors, Microsoft is revealing its plans to get mobile apps on Windows 10 today. While the company has been investigating emulating Android apps, it has settled on a different solution, or set of solutions, that will allow developers to bring their existing code to Windows 10. iOS and Android developers will be able to port their apps and games directly to Windows universal apps, and Microsoft is enabling this with two new software development kits. On the Android side, Microsoft is enabling developers to use Java and C++ code on Windows 10, and for iOS developers they'll be able to take advantage of their existing Objective C code. 'We want to enable developers to leverage their current code and current skills to start building those Windows applications in the Store, and to be able to extend those applications,' explained Microsoft's Terry Myerson during an interview with The Verge this morning.

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  1. *Badly by netsavior · · Score: 4, Funny

    the headline accidentally left out a word.

    Windows 10 Can Run Reworked Android and iOS Apps, Badly

  2. So can a Commodore 64 by NotDrWho · · Score: 2, Funny

    It just requires a little more "reworking."

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  3. Yes, can we do this to Microsoft? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey Google and Apple, how about changing your API just enough to break Microsoft's implementation every time they release a version? Pleeeeease.

    LOL

  4. Re:So... by DogDude · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think this is for people who want the better interface and the better performance of a Windows Phone, but with access to a few more apps.

    If you're a 12 year old that wants to install as many apps as possible, you're not going to get a Windows Phone in the first place.

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  5. Re:assuming they reverse-engineer the libraries by SEE · · Score: 5, Funny

    To avoid Oracle's copyrights!