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Windows Bridge for iOS

With this Microsoft open-source project, you can keep your iOS app in Objective-C and combine many supported iOS frameworks with Windows-specific features.

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Using the bridge Contributing to the bridge

Get started with the Bridge

1. Install Visual Studio

If you don’t already have Visual Studio, you can download Visual Studio Community for free. If you don’t have a PC, you can still try the bridge using a downloadable evaluation virtual machine and your favorite virtualization environment.

2. Install the Windows Bridge for iOS

Installing the bridge is easy. Simply download the binary from the GitHub repository and extract winobjc.zip to an appropriate location on your PC.

Install the bridge

3. Build your app

Import your Xcode project into Visual Studio by using the vsimporter tool included with the SDK, or start writing your next great Universal Windows Platform app in Visual Studio using Objective-C. For additional information about using vsimporter, see our Wiki.

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Build the Bridge from source to extend or contribute to the community

1. Install Visual Studio

2. Clone the repo

Clone our GitHub repo, create your own branch and explore. If you find an unsupported API, create an issue so we know it is a priority.

3. Build the SDK

Build the bridge using the included Visual Studio Solution found in the /build directory. For more details, check out our Wiki.

Read the wiki

4. Install the Windows Bridge for iOS

After building the SDK, navigate to /build/SDKPackage/Release and extract winobjc.zip to an appropriate location on your PC.

5. Build your app

Use the vsimporter

6. Contribute

After agreeing to the project’s CLA, submit a pull request with your tests and SDK code changes to help improve the experience for everyone.

How to convert your iOS app to Windows

Learn how the tools will automatically generate Visual Studio solutions from your Xcode projects, and provide you with what you need to build native Windows UWP apps using the Objective-C language you already know.

* Examples of applications running on Windows devices are for illustration only and are fictitious.

* Some information relates to pre-released product which may be substantially modified before it’s commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. Windows Bridge for iOS is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Apple Inc.