Microsofts New Api Tool For Migrating Iphone Apps To Windows

In the arena of smartphones and mobile computing

, Apple Inc. has emerged in recent times as the clear leader in terms of sale, popularity and number of apps available for the iOS platform.

Not to be forgotten, the long tem survivor of this digital supremacy, Microsoft has recently introduced an API tool in the market. This API tool is meant in introduced with an aim to assist mobile app developers migrate iPhone applications successfully to Windows phone.

Need of new API tool

iPhone application development is a flourishing business worldwide. The major benefit of the new API tool launched is that the mobile app developers specializing in the iPhone apps can conveniently take their innovative ideas to Windows Phone platform without any hassle.

What new API can do?

Microsofts iPhone/iOS to Windows Phone 7 API mapping tool let the iPhone app developers to migrate their apps, pick out iOS API calls and look for equivalent classes, methods and notifications events in Windows Phone 7.

According to expert, new API mapping tool can be considered as a translation dictionary which can facilitate developers to easily convert their iPhone apps to Windows Phone 7 platform.

The process of migration is a lot simpler than it may seem and is very convenient for any mobile developer to implement it. Developers only need to search for a given iOS API call and find the equivalent classes, methods and notification events in Windows Phone 7, along with C# sample codes and API documentation for both iOS and Windows platforms. It is also said that code samples will allow app developers to swiftly migrate short blobs o iOS code to equivalent C# code. Further, all WP7 API documentations are pulled in from Microsoft Silverlight, C# and XNA source on MSDN.

For now, API mapping is only provided for network/ internet, user interface and data management categories.

With the launch of this new API mapping tool, it is first time that possibilities in one to one mapping are looked into. Microsoft also offered a white paper and videos named Windows Phone 7 guide for iPhone app developers to better explain the process of porting application from one platform to another. It will assist mobile application developers to get the most out of the new tool and also encourage its extensive use among the app development community.

So, now is the time when developers can take great advantage of this excellent opportunity to migrate their iPhone apps to Windows platform that holds great potential and opportunities.

by: Mobile Programming

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