Somewhere I saw some screenshots from a presentation where Microsoft talked about the features they plan to support in Astoria this year... GPS was one of the features marked as not supported...
04.09.2015 17:33:16 UTCgeändert am 04.09.2015 17:36:28 UTC
Hi!
I used google translate, because the text was in portuguese (my language), but this article shows that Microsoft is already testing Android apps in the Microsoft mobile appstore. Let´s hope that the background execution could be implemented.
The article:
https://translate.google.pt/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=pt-PT&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpplware.sapo.pt%2Fsmartphones-tablets%2Fwindows_phone%2Fmicrosoft-ja-testa-apps-android-na-sua-loja-de-aplicacoes-mobile%2F&edit-text=&act=url
23.08.2015 18:21:11 UTCgeändert am 23.08.2015 19:08:56 UTC
Project Astoria would be cool because we would have the full power of the Android app (with its complete feature set) without having to invest much time in software development.
We've tested this solution on a Nokia Lumia 925 and the app basically runs, BUT the big question is:
WILL PROJECT ASTORIA SUPPORT BACKGROUND EXECUTION?
It is vital to many apps (including Run.GPS). Without it, you cannot track your GPS coordinates while the device is in standby mode.
Some facts:
- Background execution does not work in the current release of Astoria
We need to find out if project Astoria will be suitable or not to decide whether to put all resources on the development of a Windows Universal app or if we can publish a full-featured Android based app with Astoria ...
This is really GREAT News! Good luck! So Project Astoria isn't something for you? I was in hope that we'll get the same functionality compared to Android and so quicker updates...
27.07.2015 09:43:42 UTCgeändert am 27.07.2015 09:44:44 UTC
Yes we've already started re-engineering the Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight app into a Windows 10 Universal app :-)
We haven't been lucky with the Windows Phone 8.1 app since it could never be published because Microsoft did not allow background location tracking for Windows Phone 8.1 apps, but I hope everything will work out for Windows 10 for Phones.
24.07.2015 11:33:05 UTCgeändert am 24.07.2015 11:38:35 UTC
WP10 app
Hi!
The windows phone 10 should be released before the end of this year.
Is there any plans for a WP10 app? (Project Astoria or other similar aproach, or even a native app)