Microsoft has outlined the changes it'll be making to Project Islandwood - its open source tool to port iOS apps to Windows - with better implementation of UIKit combined with XAML.
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Microsoft has stated that it plans to update its Windows Bridge for iOS with more features this week, including support for new layout APIs, integration with CoreFoundation framework and sample codes.
Developer David Burela posted a video demoing the Windows Bridge for iOS tool. Converting the game Canabalt using Objective C code took just under five minutes. The tool is available on GitHub.
Microsoft's Windows Bridge for iOS, codenamed Project Islandwood, is gaining momentum on GitHub and the company has now posted a guide to get more iOS developers to port their apps to Windows.
In a new blog post, Microsoft's Adam Denning goes over the current and future progress of Microsoft's Windows Bridge for porting iOS apps, along with a recap of new features introduced till now.
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Microsoft has announced that they are open sourcing their tool that make it easy to port iOS apps to Windows, which they call Windows Bridge for iOS; Windows Bridge for Android is not included.