What happened to Intel XDK? Why was it discontinued?

 

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PaulF_IntelCorp

Employee

‎11-16-2017 02:41 PM

[RETIRED] Intel XDK

Development and support for the Intel XDK has ceased.

The Intel® XDK is no longer being developed or updated for new operating systems and devices. You may continue to use the final version of Intel XDK (version 3987).

https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/RETIRED-Intel-XDK/td-p/1075483

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PaulF_IntelCorp

Employee

‎10-26-2016 12:26 PM

An "IoT Companion App" is a mobile Cordova app that's been optimized for use with IoT devices and IoT cloud services. What that means, regarding mobile apps, is that our system will focus on creating Cordova mobile apps that use Cordova plugins that are useful for communicating with apps running on IoT devices and for communicating with cloud services that designed for use with IoT devices.

Mobile apps that you create with the XDK are standard Cordova mobile apps. As the IoT focus of the XDK progresses, if you need to leave the XDK we will provide you with the means to move your mobile app to Cordova CLI. The XDK creates a standard Cordova CLI application, so any app you create with the XDK can be easily built and developed using standard Cordova CLI tools.

Regarding Intel support personnel, none of us works full time on providing support. It has always been this way, we all have other duties we must attend to, beyond support. We are in the process of adding some new support personnel to the forum. Additionally, there are quite a few regular developers who answer questions on this forum. We do try to restrict our support to issues that are specific to the use of the XDK; we are not here to teach people how to write a mobile app or an IoT app. For general help regarding programming problems there are many blogs and forums that provide much better information.

https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/Future-direction-of-the-XDK/m-p/1066498

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