We have mentioned repeatedly that there isn’t a UWP developer story with out porting UWP to Android. Till now there was restricted indication that Microsoft is engaged on this.
Now nevertheless a Github repository has popped up suggesting Microsoft could also be taking a look at porting the WinRT to Java, the API additionally utilized by Android.
The now-deleted repository at github.com/microsoft/JavaWinRT didn’t include a lot and was seen by WalkingCat a couple of days in the past.
Interestingly Microsoft has additionally created a Core Java Team at Microsoft.
The staff’s mission seems to be primarily server-based, to optimize Java runtimes and instruments for Azure companies, however the staff additionally has different “internal customers.” Bruno denied that his staff created the JavaWinRT repository, however discovered the mission fascinating.
UWP had a measure of success in the course of the days of Windows Phone, and with practically 1 billion Windows 10 machines ought to, in idea, be an lively developer platform. Developer focus, nevertheless, stays on cellular, and with no cellular story, which might dramatically broaden the addressable marketplace for UWP builders, the platform will all the time stay a part of the strolling lifeless.
