Videos: moving from iOS and Android
[This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation]
Watch and learn with these videos, which show how to migrate an iOS or Android app to a Windows Runtime app.
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Videos for iOS devs
- Comparing Xcode to Visual Studio
- Comparing app icons in iOS to tiles and badges in Windows Store apps
- Comparing grid views in iOS and Windows Store apps
- Comparing iOS toolbars to Windows 8 app bars
- Comparing iOS table views to Windows 8 list views
- From Android or iOS: Bringing Your OpenGL ES Game to the Windows Store (video)
- Channel 9: How to Port iOS apps to Windows Store apps
Videos for Android devs
- Comparing Eclipse to Visual Studio
- From Android or iOS: Bringing Your OpenGL ES Game to the Windows Store (video)
- Android - Getting Started With Data - Connecting your app to Microsoft Azure Mobile Services
- How to Port Android apps to Windows Store apps
Other videos
- Porting your app to Windows and Windows Phone
- Preserving your app's state
- Introduction to Charms
- Downloading a file in the background
- Semantic zoom (C# and XAML)
- Semantic zoom (JavaScript and HTML)
- Sensors overview
- One Dev Minute
- Top tips for iOS devs building Windows Store apps
- Design differences between iOS and Windows 8
- Bringing existing C++ code to Windows Store apps