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.

Build 2014 session videos

• Channel 9 Build 2014 developer conference videos

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