Development area mappings from Android to Windows

[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]

Use this reference to map selected Android development areas to equivalents for Windows Store apps.

Android development area	Equivalent Windows Store app development area
Animation and graphics, OpenGL ES 2.0	See Blend and Port from OpenGL ES 2.0 to Microsoft Direct3D 11.1
App launchers, notifications, toasts, and widgets	See Tiles, badges, and notifications
Application lifecycle	See Application lifecycle and Launching, resuming, and multitasking
Google AdMob Ads	See Microsoft Advertising SDK
Google Drive	See OneDrive API (but see Configuring your app before using the Microsoft OneDrive API), and Quickstart: Roaming application data
Google Maps	See How to display your location on a Bing Map and Bing Maps for Windows Store apps
Google Search	See Quickstart: Adding search to an app and Search contract sample
Navigation	See Quickstart: Navigating between pages, Navigation design for Windows Store apps, and Navigation model
Shared preferences, internal and external storage, cache files	See Managing application data, Quickstart: Add app settings, and Working with data and files
SQLite	See Using SQLite in Windows 8 Store Apps and SQLite with Windows 8 apps
Touch	See Responding to user interaction
Web services	See Connecting to web services

 

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