Cross-platform dev tool MoSync boosts Windows Phone support

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MoSync, a cross-platform developer tool, has improved support for Windows Phone in its latest release. The new 3.1 version of the MoSync SDK adds NativeUI support for Windows Phone 7.5 and improves support for the core MoSync C++ libraries. This allows developers to use MoSync's core libraries and APIs to build apps that have the familiar Metro look and feel when running on a Windows Phone device.

MoSync apps are written in C and C++, and/or a combination of HTML 5 and JavaScript and can then be "built" to run on Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry and JavaME. MoSync is developed by the Swedish software company MoSync AB, which was previously known as Mobile Sorcery AB, and has been working on cross-platform mobile developer tools for the last six years.

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From the press release:

The MoSync SDK enables mobile developers to build and compile apps for up to nine different platforms at once, using C/C++ or HTML5/JavaScript, or a combination of both. MoSync has consolidated its support for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform which means that all of the powerful C++ libraries in MoSync work automatically in applications built for Windows Phone 7 devices. In addition, MoSync has extended its NativeUI C++ Library with support for several new widgets.

Anders Malm, Technical Director, MoSync, said:

"Our extensive support for Windows Phone 7 means that developers now have at their disposal what they need to enter the nascent Windows Phone ecosystem, and add value to existing apps they've developed for iOS and Android. With the new debugging features of HTML5/JavaScript apps in Reload, we make it viable to do more serious, professional software development using web technologies."

More information is available on the MoSync website.

Source / Credit: MoSync press release