Regarding the Android operating systemSurface Duo, Microsoft is responding to developersRelated questionsIn the report, it was revealed that Surface Duo will be compatible with apps built in the form of Universal Windows Platform.
According to MicrosoftPrevious statementBy connecting to Google Play Store application resources through Surface Duo, you can also use Microsoft's services, which will enable you to achieve greater benefits.
The use of Android instead of Windows 10 has inevitably led developers to question whether Microsoft has abandoned the Universal Windows Platform app design for this device. However, Microsoft has emphasized that the Surface Duo still supports apps built using the Universal Windows Platform, meaning that developers can still bring their previously created app content to the Surface Duo.
However, from Microsoft's description, it is more likely that through the Xamarin design resources in the Visual Studio development tool, Android, iOS and Windows applications can share coding content, and then output them into corresponding versions for different platforms through translation.
Therefore, Microsoft respondedguess, which may mean that apps originally built in the form of Universal Windows Platform can be converted into Android platform-compatible apps through Xamarin tools, so that they can be run on Surface Duo or achieve compatible usage effects through other simulation methods.
However, such a statement may not be able to convince developers who have supported the Universal Windows Platform design in the past, so Microsoft subsequently removed the relevant response content.
From Microsoft's current perspective, it is unlikely that it will challenge the development of smartphone operating systems again. After all, the Android and iOS platforms have already formed a very large development scale. Even though the Windows 10 operating system has accumulated nearly 10 billion users, Microsoft still cannot grab a significant market share in the mobile device operating system. Therefore, it finally chose to embrace the operating system of its competitors and bring its own application services to more markets.
