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Windows phone, first class C++? Man the times have changed. I remember when they made native code verboten in the Windows Mobile -> Windows Phone transition. K
by vvanders 11y ago
Windows phone, first class C++?
Man the times have changed. I remember when they made native code verboten in the Windows Mobile -> Windows Phone transition. Killed off a whole product line I was working on at the time.
- pjmlp 11y agoYes, you can either use C++ plus the C++/CX extension, which although look like C++/CLI are actually native. Making Visual C++ GUI developer experience finally comparable to what C++ Builder was offering in the mid-90's. Or if C++/CX extensions is something one hates, there is the Windows Runtime Library, a template based library similar to ATL. Finally Kenny Kerr has created a C++ projection based in pure modern C++ ans has been eventually hired by Microsoft to carry on his work. https://kennykerr.ca/2015/10/02/microsoft/ https://kennykerr.ca/2015/10/02/microsoft/ iOS comes second in terms of C++ support in mobile OS, where Objective-C++ plays the same role as C++/CX on WP. Just Android forces developers to enjoy the wonders of JNI, with APIs like Skia only exposed through it. I know that there are a few other mobile OSes that do support C++, but their market share coupled together is even worse than WP.