Updated: July 15, 2020 (May 25, 2015)
Charts & IllustrationsWindows 10 Platform Bridge Technologies
Four upcoming technologies that Microsoft calls “platform bridges” aim to ease the conversion of applications developed for other platforms to run as Windows 10 Universal applications. The bridges differ by the tools and methods used for the initial conversion to a Windows 10 Universal application and its ongoing maintenance and the programming languages used by the original applications. The bridge for Android applications can only produce applications that run on Windows 10 Mobile edition, but the other bridges produce applications that run on all Windows 10 editions.
| Platform Bridge | Tools and Methods | Programming Language Support | Windows 10 Edition Support |
| Android applications | Use Android application code and Android integrated development environment with a Windows SDK, Windows 10 Mobile runtime maps code | Java, C++ | Mobile only (ARM-based devices, such as phones) |
| iOS applications | Import Objective-C to Visual Studio 2015 and compile, Windows |
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