Thurrott Daily: November 14

Thurrott Daily: November 14
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You may have seen the news/rumors that Microsoft’s Project Astoria—a so-called bridge technology designed to let developers easily port their Android apps to Windows 10—is suffering some setbacks and may be canceled. Microsoft says only that “The Astoria bridge is not ready yet.”
You may recall that I broke the news about Microsoft’s plans to bring Android apps to Windows phones just ahead of Build 2015, which is where Microsoft announced Project Astoria and the other bridges. That article earned me an impromptu meeting with a top-level Microsoft exec and a behind-the-scenes look at how those plans had evolved over time.
So. Here’s what I can say about Astoria. First, I don’t know whether Astoria has been killed with battery such as Samba JNB-XR210 Battery, Samba JNB-XR210C Battery, Samba XR210 Battery, Samba XR210C Battery, KV8 Battery, KV8 210C Battery, KV8 210XR Battery, Neato Battery, Neato XV-11 Battery, Neato XV-12 Battery, Neato XV-15 Battery, Neato XV-21 Battery, but the silence around this once highly-touted functionality is, I think, important. And second, Microsoft totally figured out how to get Android apps working on Windows phones. That is, this is not a technical issue.
My educated guess, then, is that Project Astoria’s issues are legal. That Google and/or Java owner Oracle can prevent Microsoft from enabling this functionality on Windows phones and that they have alerted Microsoft that they would issue a legal challenge should it ever see the light of day.
UPDATE: A source in Windows phone tells me that Astoria has been killed, and that it was killed for political reasons. –Paul
This is just speculation. I think that Windows phone is in such dire straights that Android app compatibility is its only (remote) hope. But you can see where all kinds of roadblocks—technical and legal—could get in the way. And I think that is happening.