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Re:Support for C, C++ native code in Windows Phone 8 by stewie2 on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @03:23PM (#4138674)
This only works for games. How do you do User Interface in C on Android?

For games, windows phone doesn't support opengl es. So you still need to rewrite some code.

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Re:Support for C, C++ native code in Windows Phone 8 by wtracy on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @04:52PM (#4139030)
Build your own UI widgets with OpenGL? :-P

It does look like someone is already experimenting with an OpenGL ES implementation over XNA, so we might still have access to some form of OpenGL on WP: http://www.straightforward.se/storyserver/opengl-es-support-...

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Re:Support for C, C++ native code in Windows Phone 8 by stewie2 on Thursday June 21, 2012 @08:02PM (#4144762)
I doubt XNA based Opengl ES will be efficient. If I were a game developer, I'd rather rewrite my code.

The Game problem can be solved with game engines. But I'd like to write opengl directly.

As for UI, Qt for android is a good approach.

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