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I vaguely recall Microsoft (long ago) announcing that Android apps will at some point work on Windows Phone. Googling for e.g. 'android apps on windows phone' y

I vaguely recall Microsoft (long ago) announcing that Android apps will at some point work on Windows Phone. Googling for e.g. 'android apps on windows phone' yields a number of pages that explain how to accomplish this, but does anyone have any first-hand experience? Does it work well? Do most apps seem to work?

ductionist 10y ago
I couldn't find anything - is it possible you're thinking of running Android apps on Blackberry devices? That was a thing on BB10. Edit: `belltaco found it :)
belltaco 10y ago
http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/25/microsoft-kills-project-astoria-its-tool-for-porting-android-apps-to-windows-10/ http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/25/microsoft-kills-project-as...
plorkyeran 10y ago
It was present in some early previews but then removed and abandoned: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/microsoft-confirms-android-on-windows-astoria-tech-is-gone/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/micro.... It later turned into bash-on-windows since the Linux subsystem part worked much better than the Android layer on top of that.
divbit 10y ago
Not quite what you are asking, but if it's written in React-Native or Xamarin, then it can be pretty close to the same codebase from Android to Windows Phone (or I guess they like it called Windows 10 Mobile)
dualogy 10y ago
> Android apps will at some point work on Windows Phone Shines a whole additional angle on the "first-class Linux subsystem inside Win 10" efforts lately..
JohnnyChase 10y ago
Yep, it was called Project Astoria. Sadly, MS pulled the plug on it a little while ago. The rumors are that it was cancelled because it actually worked too well. The original expectation was that devs had to do a little bit of work to make the app(s) work on Windows Phone but it was looking like they didn't have as much work as they would they would. This was concerning for MS as they thought that devs wouldn't put much effort into making the app work properly on WP and would just release the same version as Android. Not to mention, there would never be a reason for devs to switch to developing UWP apps, if their Android apps could just be ported without much effort.

ductionist 10y ago

I couldn't find anything - is it possible you're thinking of running Android apps on Blackberry devices? That was a thing on BB10. Edit: `belltaco found it :)

belltaco 10y ago

http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/25/microsoft-kills-project-astoria-its-tool-for-porting-android-apps-to-windows-10/ http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/25/microsoft-kills-project-as...

plorkyeran 10y ago

It was present in some early previews but then removed and abandoned: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/microsoft-confirms-android-on-windows-astoria-tech-is-gone/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/micro.... It later turned into bash-on-windows since the Linux subsystem part worked much better than the Android layer on top of that.

divbit 10y ago

Not quite what you are asking, but if it's written in React-Native or Xamarin, then it can be pretty close to the same codebase from Android to Windows Phone (or I guess they like it called Windows 10 Mobile)

dualogy 10y ago

> Android apps will at some point work on Windows Phone Shines a whole additional angle on the "first-class Linux subsystem inside Win 10" efforts lately..

JohnnyChase 10y ago

Yep, it was called Project Astoria. Sadly, MS pulled the plug on it a little while ago. The rumors are that it was cancelled because it actually worked too well. The original expectation was that devs had to do a little bit of work to make the app(s) work on Windows Phone but it was looking like they didn't have as much work as they would they would. This was concerning for MS as they thought that devs wouldn't put much effort into making the app work properly on WP and would just release the same version as Android. Not to mention, there would never be a reason for devs to switch to developing UWP apps, if their Android apps could just be ported without much effort.