[forms-devel] OnPlatform and Windows

[Jason Smith]

It has to do with the poor API design of that particular API. Generally
speaking we had large problems expanding that API to support Windows
without breaking backwards compatibility. We are looking into potentially
providing a full out replacement for it in the future and simply obsoleting
the old one (it will never get actually removed, just marked so people see
that something better is out there).

Jason

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:59 AM, <daniel at hindrikes.se> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> What is the reason that Device.OS is returning WinPhone when running it on
> WP Silverlight and Windows for WinRT when only WinPhone when using
> OnPlatform?
>
> I guess it will be a breaking change to fix that because many have
> probably used WinPhone for their WinRT apps. But it have been good to have
> support for Windows and OnPlatform as well when developing apps for UWP.
> Especially if you already have Silverlight apps and want's to add support
> for UWP. It will also be more clear what to use, to use WinPhone for an app
> that is for tablet or desktop feels wrong.
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> Best regards,
>
> Daniel
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