Universal App su Xbox "confermate" con alcune limitazioni, W10 Redstone 1 a luglio

Mancano poche ore all’inizio ufficiale di Build 2016. E’ tra gli annunci piu’ attesi del momento troviamo l’Universal App su Xbox One. La conferma da parte di Microsoft ha documentato che le Universal App ci saranno e debutteranno con Windows 10 Redstone 1 ma avranno alcune limitazioni.

Alcune API di Windows 10 non saranno supportate, questo perchè è legato al processo di sviluppo. La lista delle limitazioni si restringerà gradualmente nel tempo.

Vi lasciamo qui sotto una tabella con tutti i dettagli dell’aggiornamento.

La prima riguarda funzioni mancanti più pertinenti alla console, la seconda quelle di interesse secondario (per esempio gli SMS , l’NFC e la stampa 3D):

Feature area	Details
Authentication (Using external identity provider)	WebAuthenticationBroker API is not implemented for Xbox.
Camera capture	Camera capture APIs are not supported on Xbox and will not show any UI for camera capture when called.
Casting	Casting and DialProtocol APIs are not supported on Xbox.
Chat	Chat APIs can create messages and add them to the database on Xbox but send/receive functionality is not supported.
Closed Caption Properties	Retrieval of closed caption properties usingClosedCaptionProperties is not supported on Xbox.
Credential APIs	APIs related to key credentials are not supported on Xbox. SeeWindows.Security.Credentials.
Drag and Drop	Drag and drop is not supported for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps on Xbox.SeeWindows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.DragDrop.Core.
File picker scenarios	Scenarios related to file pickers are currently not supported on Xbox. See Windows.Storage.Pickers.
Geolocation	Geolocation APIs require user consent, but currently consent UI is not supported on Xbox.
Launcher APIs	Some launcher APIs are not supported on Xbox.
Maps APIs	Maps APIs are currently not supported on Xbox.
Photo import	Photo import APIs are currently not supported on Xbox.
PopupMenu and UICommandSeparator	PopupMenu and UICommandSeparator APIs are not supported on Xbox.
Printing	Printing is currently not supported on Xbox.
SecondaryTile	SecondaryTile is not supported on Xbox.
Share contract	Share APIs are not implemented on Xbox. No UI is displayed on calling share APIs.
Tile, toast and badge notifications	Tile, toast and badge notifications are not supported on Xbox. Toast notification support only 3 lines of text, image, and up to 5 actions. See Windows.UI.Notifications.
Word breaker	Word breaker functionality is not supported on Xbox.

Feature area	Details
3D printing	3D printing is not supported on Xbox.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth support is not available on Xbox.
CachedFileUpdater	CachedFileUpdater and CachedFileUpdaterUI are not supported on Xbox.
Defining app settings on the settings page	AccountSettingsPane and WebAccountCommand APIs are not supported on Xbox.
Device Enumeration	Currently there is no DevicePicker UI on Xbox, so device enumeration APIs are not supported.
Holographic APIs	Holographic APIs are not supported on Xbox.
Inking	Inking support is not available on Xbox.
LockScreen	The LockScreen feature is not available on Xbox, so LockScreen APIs are not functional.
Network Connectivity	NetworkUsage, ConnectivityInterval, NetworkInformation, andDataPlanStatus APIs are not available on Xbox.
Network Operators API	APIs related to Network Operators require modem support, which is not present on Xbox. See Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators.
Near Field Communication (NFC)	NFC support is not available on Xbox, so proximity APIs aren’t functional.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)	The OCR feature is not implemented on Xbox.
Short Message Service (SMS)	The SMS feature is not available on Xbox.

Il numero di versione di Windows 10 Redstone 1 è 1607, quindi dovrebbe debuttare per luglio 2016. Le versioni dei major update di Windows 10 seguono la nomenclatura AAMM: l’attuale Threshold 2, per esempio, è stato presentato a novembre del 2015, che diventa 1511.