Windows Bridge for iOS

Oct – May 2015, as Senior UX Designer, Developer Experience Design | Windows and Devices Group(WDG) | Microsoft

Windows Bridge for iOS is a project that allows iOS developers to bring their apps to Windows without re-writing the code. The solution compiles and builds Objective-C projects on Windows, using Visual Studio.

As a UX designer, I led the design effort all up, working closely with the engineering and program managers to deliver a portfolio of deliverables spanning iOS-to-Windows UI translation, controls mapping guidelines, Windows Dev Center design, Visual Studio tools/integration guidance, and created a comprehensive iOS dev journey as they bridge their iOS app to Windows. I also engaged with partner companies to provide design guidance.

As an experienced iOS developer who has published several iOS apps and written an iOS programming book, I helped Dev and PM teams to prioritize, develop, test, debug UI controls, app models, and interactions. I contributed to the project via hands-on coding as well as documenting issues to GitHub,

Personally, I used Windows Bridge for iOS for my own projects – Pori Fashion Show and Typography Insight. They were featured at Microsoft Build 2016 developer conference and I blogged takeaways and learnings. 

Design areas

Developer Journey

UX Controls Mapping & Translation

Created guidelines for properly translating UX building blocks for Windows 10 including navigation patterns.

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iOS UI Components in MSN Apps

As a designer who worked on MSN apps for iOS, I analyzed and shared component-level structures and how it can be translated into Windows UI.

Web Experiences

Design of the web pages where developers can learn about Windows Bridge for iOS and discover possibilities by validating their .ipa iOS app packages.

App Examples

Presented at Microsoft Build 2016

Personal projects using Windows Bridge for iOS were presented at the Microsoft Build developer conference.

Published articles on Windows Developer Center

Bringing Pori Fashion Show to Windows Using Windows Bridge for iOS
Bringing Pori Fashion Show to Windows (Part 2)

Engineering/PM partner feedback

Project homepage

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/ios

GitHub

https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC