Why has "Project Astoria" been suspended for importing Android apps into Windows?

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A few days ago our colleagues at Xataka Android told us that the future of the famous Project Astoria would be in question. For those of you who don&39;t know, Astoria is an initiative to make it easier to publish applications for Windows using only the code of a Android"

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Project Astoria would be complemented by other parallel initiatives, called Westminster , Centennial and Islandwood that would make it possible to create universal Windows applications using application code web , old Windows apps (Win32) and iOS apps, respectively.Microsoft calls these projects bridges that will be built to enrich the Windows ecosystem."

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Of all these bridges, those for iOS and Web Apps are already operational and available to developers, while the one for Win32 applications will be launched very soon. However, as we said at the beginning, the bridge for Android applications has encountered problems to see the light. What kind of problems?"

"The bridge>As revealed by Windows Central and other sources, the problems are partly of a technical nature, but also of a political natureApparently, Microsoft has not managed to implement the bridge for Android in the way they wanted, that is, requiring some porting work on the part of the developers."

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Instead of that, Project Astoria allowed Android applications to run directly with their original code, through an emulation system built into Windows 10. In fact, until a few months ago, builds Insider>" "

The problem with this type of deployment is that it removes the incentives to build native Windows applications This is something we&39;ve already mentioned in this blog, and which has even been criticized by Rudy Huyn, a star developer within the Microsoft ecosystem."

What would happen would be that everyone would simply publish apps for Android, which would then be imported directly into Windows, without minimal adaptations that would ensure integration with Windows 10 Mobile features, such as navigation buttons, Cortana, or live tiles .

Microsoft would not want Android apps to run directly on Windows, without any adaptation "

Another complication would have to do with performance Many Windows 10 Mobile Insiders reported that the preliminary versions of this system were losing fluidity over time, and it is believed that this would be the fault of the Android sub-system that was included to allow app emulation.Interestingly, the performance of the latest builds, which do not include the Android sub-system, has greatly improved compared to previous versions."

What do you think? Do you think "Project Astoria will finally come to fruition? Would you like to see emulated Android applications directly in Windows 10 Mobile?

Via | Windows Central, CNET