platforms
Web app for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Windows Phone, Mac, Linux, Kindle, ...
The TouchDevelop Web App runs in most modern browsers.
Android
For Android, you can download the TouchDevelop app for Android. This companion app allows you to receive notifications on your Android device.
Windows Phone
The TouchDevelop app for Windows Phone gives access to most sensors and data providers available on modern smartphones.
feature overview
| Windows Phone 8 | PC, Mac, Linux | iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch | Android | generated app | generated app | generated app | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| app v3.1 from Windows Phone Store |
Internet Explorer 10+, Safari 6+ Chrome 22+, Firefox 16+ |
Mobile Safari on iOS 6+ |
Chrome 18+ |
exported to Windows Phone 8 Store |
exported to Windows 8 Store |
exported to Android, iOS |
|
| Common Language | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Script Execution | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Script Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Offline support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| log in with Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Yahoo Account | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| notifications | ✓ | email only | email only | *15 | |||
| Boxes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Records | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Libraries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud Data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| Accelerometer | ✓ | *1 | ✓ | ✓ *2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bluetooth | ✓ | *14 | ✓ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ||
| Calendar | ✓ | *14 | ✓ | ||||
| Camera | ⊕ | *3 | ✓ *14 | ⊕ | ✓ | ⊕ | |
| Compass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Contacts | ✓ | *6 | ⊕*6 | *14 | ✓ | ✓ | ⊕ |
| Gyroscope | ✓ | ✓ | *14 | ✓ | ⊕ | ⊕ | |
| Location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Media *5 | ✓ | *14 | ✓ | ||||
| Microphone | ✓ | ⊕ | *14 | ✓ | ⊕ | ⊕ | |
| Music+Sounds *9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⊕ |
| NFC | ✓ | *14 | ✓ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ||
| Phone | ✓ | ✓ *13 | ✓ *13 | *13,*14 | ✓ | ✓ *13 | ✓ *13 |
| Radio | ✓ | *14 | ✓ | ||||
| Orientation | ✓ | *7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| Search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Translation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
✓) Fully supported, except otherwise noted.
⊕) Coming soon, or planned. Please drop us an email at touchdevelop@microsoft.com if you are interested in a particular feature.
If a feature is neither supported nor planned, it is due to platform constraints that are out of our control.
*1) Works in Internet Explorer 11+ on Windows 8.1+ / Windows RT on devices with supported accelerometer. Otherwise, accelerometer is "emulated" by tracking mouse movements.
*2) Works starting with Android 4.3. In earlier versions, the accelerometer is simulated by tracking device orientation, resulting in an acceleration vector of a fixed magnitude.
*3) Camera works in Chrome.
*5) Media refers to access to songs, pictures stored on phone.
*6) Actual contact information is not available; a fixed set of dummy contacts is provided.
*7) Works in Internet Explorer 11+ on Windows 8.1+ / Windows RT on devices with supported accelerometer.
*9) Music+Sounds refers to the ability to play songs and sounds that have been obtained via art or are downloaded from the Internet.
*13) Requires a device with actual phone capabilities or Skype.
*14) Limited availability as a pre-release feature; requires WebAppBooster. Please drop us an email at touchdevelop@microsoft.com if you are experiencing any issues .
*15) Requires the TouchDevelop app for Android.
editing
To set the target platform in the Web App or the TouchDevelop app v3.1 for Windows Phone 8, first select the script properties, and then tap on settings.
