Windows 10 Compatibility

Recently, Microsoft announced the general availability of the Windows 10 mobile operating system to a subset of the Windows phone devices. Here is a brief update on the compatibility of the Kony applications with Windows 10.
All the existing applications built using the latest plugins on Kony Visualizer (or Studio) for Windows Tablet (8.1) and Phone (8.0 & 8.1), will be compatible with Windows 10 on the tablet, desktop, and phone channels.
The following is the list of the compatible releases that have been certified for compatibility with Windows 10 mobile:

 

Kony Release GA Versions
7.0 7.0.0
6.5 6.5.2.25
6.0 6.0.3.32
5.6 5.6.5.29


Windows 10 features that impact the backward compatibility
Due to the default behavior for a few features in Windows 10, the following are the changes you may observe when the app is run on a Windows 10 upgraded device.

  • Live tiles are added without any confirmation dialog.
  • Alert dialog does not occupy the full width anymore. This is a standard Windows 10 behavior.
  • App menu appearance is changed in Windows 10.
  • Any application can be run in either of the 2 modes: 1. Tablet mode, 2. Non-Tablet mode.
  • Apps are resizable in non-tablet mode and run in full screen in tablet mode. Earlier in Windows 8.1, all apps were full screen apps and were not resizable.