Remember the Nokia X? It was one of the last Nokia handsets, butits platform was a subversive attempt by Microsoft to get Android apps onto their platform. Without much work, Android Developers could make their apps available on the Microsoft store for the Nokia X, which was meant to bridge a gap between platforms. that concept died, but Microsoft didn’t give up on making it easier for Developers to ‘write once, deploy everywhere’. Now, code written for Android and iOS apps can be compiled in Visual Studio.

It’s all part of Microsoft’s goal to make it easier for Developers to port apps into Windows. Heck, they’re even helping bring .NET and Win32 apps in!

But Android and iOS? That’s interesting. How will they do it? Visual Studio will now support code written in Java and C++ for Android apps.
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