So you’ve developed an Android, iOS or Web App and are thinking about porting it over to Windows 8. Perhaps there’s too many resources out there that’s gotten you confused. Well, here’s a good resource list to take a look before you go ahead and plunge into code. [caption id=“attachment_12983” align=“alignnone” width=“610” caption=“The design differences between an iPad app vs a Windows 8 app”]
[/caption] Porting Android App to Windows Store App http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/10/15/port-android-application-to-windows-store-ui.aspx Porting Apple iOS App to Windows Store App Part 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/11/14/porting-ios-apps-to-windows-8-1-introducing-windows-8-platform-to-ios-app-developers.aspx Part 2: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/11/16/porting-ios-apps-to-windows-8-2-user-interface.aspx Part 3: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/11/20/porting-ios-apps-to-windows-8-3-developer-and-designer-tools.aspx Part 4: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/11/20/porting-ios-apps-to-windows-8-4-application-lifecycle-differences.aspx Part 5: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/11/22/porting-ios-apps-to-windows-8-5-storing-data-and-preferences.aspx Porting Desktop App to Windows Store App http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/12/20/porting-desktop-apps-to-windows-store-apps.aspx Using HTML5/Javascript in Windows Store apps: Data access and storage mechanism Part 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/12/19/using-html5-javascript-in-windows-store-apps-data-access-and-storage-mechanism-i.aspx Part 2: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win8devsupport/archive/2012/12/19/using-html5-javascript-in-windows-store-apps-data-access-and-storage-mechanism-ii.aspx Remember, porting an app to a different platform is meaningless if you don’t customize for it! Read our interview with local game studio Tyler Projects to find out how they made their games special to the Windows Store.
From iOS to Windows 8 – Tyler Projects shares their game development experience