Running some Android apps on Windows Phone devices may sound like a blasphemy for Microsoft friends. Even if rumors about this feature began about a year ago, few believed that Microsoft would eventually allow Windowws Phone users to run Android apps on their phones.
However, Microsoft made the inconceivable and announced that the Android and iOS applications will be able to run on Window 10 phones, at least to some extent.
It is not unclear how well they will work, but most users Windows Phones they hope they will run much better than on BlackBerry devices. Even so, it's certain that native apps will always run smoother on Windows Phone, and that's probably why Microsoft made it easier for developers to interface their Android apps to Windows 10.
Developers, on the other hand, prefer to be present on the most popular portable platforms, and then, if they think it worthwhile, they could have their products in Window Phone. This is perfectly understandable as the Window Phone Phone market share is less than a 5% worldwide.
The good news for developers is that Microsoft will release new ones tools for the development and acceleration of the process of transferring Android applications to Windows 10. According to duration of the BUILD 2015 conference, Microsoft released a short video showing how easy it will be for developers to make their Android apps run in a Windows 10 environment.
Microsoft continues to improve these tools under this project under the code name Astoria. The company allows developers to sign up for a Astoria project beta testing, but the public release is scheduled to be released this fall.
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 won't be coming to our phones this summer, as we first thought. This means that the first smartphones containing the company's new operating system, may not be available until late fall.
Watch the video below:
