Platform developers who constantly face up to an amalgamation of ideas and may walk out with some amount of versatility. The official Windows Phone Developer blog has presented the API mapping tool along with a guide for Android developers aiming to design apps for Windows Phone 7. The guide leverages what the user has learned initially apart from additional knowledge of the tools.
The package consists of two parts, first is the Android to Windows Phone API mapping tool. This includes Android, enabling developers to work with Windows 7 platform in their own way. The mapping tool serves the purpose of a sort of translation dictionary. This feature should accelerate the initial stages of understanding what’s needed.
The utilities are open to feedback as well, allowing developers to post their comments directly on the existing mapping. The second part consists of the Windows Phone 7 guide for Android app developers that includes a clear introduction of the platform along with storing and parsing methods.
Mapping is a persistent job and not very simple. The company has plans of expanding the coverage of the bundle, but there may be a situation where developers may not know how to transfer the features to Windows Phone. With the ‘App Guy’, all related questions will be answered and further help can be taken from the guide included in the tool.
Furthermore, Microsoft has plans of integrating features from the Mango version of Windows Phone 7 to the API tool.