Purpose
Are you an Android app developer? If so, you can use the info throughout this section to take your existing Android app development skills and start applying them to developing great apps for Windows 8.
In this section
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Provides a series of short, hands-on walkthroughs for Android app developers to learn to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 and start building simple Windows Store apps for Windows 8.1. |
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This tutorial shows you how to create, build, and run your first Windows Store app with Visual Studio 2013. Although all developers can benefit from this tutorial, this info is presented specifically from an Android developer’s perspective. |
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We provide an API mapping index to help you find Android API equivalents to the Windows Runtime APIs so that you can jumpstart your development projects for Windows 8. |
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Use these resources to map selected Android development areas, API classes, and coding tasks to equivalents for Windows Store apps. |
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Use these resources to learn about key similarities and differences between the Android and Windows 8 platforms, including key programming models and coding tasks. |
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Links to articles and blog posts for Android app developers who also want to build great apps for Windows 8. |
For more great reasons to build apps for Windows 8, see Windows Store opportunity for Android developers.
Related topics
- For everyone
- Meet Windows Store apps
- Windows Store app development: the basics
- Windows 8 Product Guide for Developers
- Windows 8.1 Feature Guide for Developers
- For developers
- Java versus C#: an introduction
- Windows Dev Camps
- Windows Store App Labs
- For designers and developers
- Download design assets for Windows Store apps
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