Microsoft: Android app porting tool for Windows “is not ready yet”

Interest about the tool on the official developer forums is almost dead, and Microsoft could be the one responsible. Indeed, not everyone is interested in porting Android apps into Univeral Apps that run across devices on Windows 10. While Project Islandwood that involves re-writing iOS apps to be Windows 10 ready seems to be chugging along just fine, Microsoft has announced that its Project Astoria porting tool has been delayed. In its latest statement, Microsoft coaxes developers to use the iOS tool instead, to build their apps into the Universal ones for Windows 10. Microsoft’s disinterest in Project Astoria became clearer after it removed the Android subsystem from the recent Windows 10 Preview build.