Microsoft Developer API Mapping Tool for Mobile

 

Are you a mobile developer? Do you want to continue to exist with applications that you create so that it can be used on other platforms? if so, there's nothing wrong if you tried mapping tool API (API Mapping tool) recently introduced by Microsoft. The new tool aims to offer the possibility of the application program that created the application developers of other platforms can be fully used in the operating system Windows Phone.

In addition to this tool is intended for developers of Android applications, developers reportedly IOS was also going to provide a similar tool.

Basically, Android application builder offers a comprehensive package with the ease in learning how to connect applications made developers on other platforms can be used on Microsoft Windows Phone platform. The package itself includes a mapping tool to the Windows API Android Phone, and guide "Windows Phone 7 for Android Application Developers Guide" which contains more than 90 pages and consists of 7 chapters.

This tool will not actually teach developers to build applications for Windows Phone platform, but can allow developers to implement and run the application creation itself is easy on the operating system Windows Phone so that they could reach a wider users.

One other thing to note here, that the mapping tool does not cover all of the APIs available for Windows Phone or Android, mainly because of different operating systems. But certainly, Microsoft's own party has been set up to expand the coverage as much as possible so far.

Furthermore, Microsoft will implement the use of Windows Phone Mango base as the next flavor of mobile platforms at the API mapping tool. For Android developers who are interested, can read the previous posting on Microsoft's official blog here. As for accessing a discussion about it, you can see it here.