API class mappings from Android to Windows

[This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation]

Use this reference to map selected Android API classes to equivalents for Windows Store apps.

Android class	Equivalent Windows Store app class
Application	Application See also Application lifecycle and Launching, resuming, and multitasking
BitmapDrawable, ColorDrawable, GradientDrawable	Media See also Blend
Button, ImageButton	Button See also Quickstart: Adding button controls
Camera	CameraCaptureUI See also CameraCaptureUI Sample
ContextMenu	Popup See also Context menu sample
DatePickerDialog, TimePickerDialog	DatePicker, TimePicker (available only for Windows Store apps using C#, C++, and Microsoft Visual Basic) DatePicker, TimePicker (available only for Windows Store apps using JavaScript and HTML)
Dialog, AlertDialog	MessageDialog See also Quickstart: Designing a message dialog
EditText	TextBox See also Quickstart: adding text input and editing controls
File	StorageFile See also Quickstart: Reading and writing a file
GridLayout, LinearLayout, RelativeLayout	Canvas, Grid, StackPanel, WrapGrid See also Quickstart: Defining layouts
GridView, ListView	GridView, ListView See also Quickstart: adding ListView and GridView controls
ImageView	Image See also Quickstart: Image and ImageBrush
LocationManager	Geolocation See also Detecting geolocation, How to display your location on a Bing Map, and Bing Maps for Windows Store apps
MediaPlayer, MediaRecorder, VideoView	MediaElement See also Quickstart: creating a media player app, Playing and previewing audio and video, and Capturing or rendering audio, video, and images
ProgressBar, ProgressDialog	ProgressBar, ProgressRing See also Quickstart: adding progress controls
ScrollView	ScrollViewer See also Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) scrolling, panning, and zooming sample
SeekBar	Slider See also How to add a slider
Sensor	See Responding to motion and orientation sensors and Supporting proximity and tapping
SlidingDrawer	AppBar See also Quickstart: Adding app bars
TextView	TextBlock See also Quickstart: displaying text
ToggleButton, Switch	ToggleSwitch See also How to add a toggle switch
View	UIElement
WebView	WebView See also XAML WebView control sample

 

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