Port Android version to Linux

Question

Hello,
I was just wondering whether it is possible for the Android version to be used to keep "Skype for Linux" up to date. Given that the two (Linux and Android) are related, it just seemed like a possibility.
Skype for Linux is still on version 4.3.0.37. It lacks many of the features of Skype on other platforms such as:
Video/webcam use in groupcalls;
Picture sharing;
Options when choosing profile picture such as zooming on a particular part of the uploaded picture;
Text formatting options such as bold, underline, strikethrough and italics.
The community has been asking for Skype for Linux to be updated since this time 3 years ago as shown in threads such as this and this. Unfortunately, the lack of any response from Microsoft on the matter has become extremely frustrating.
As a result, I was hoping that the work done on the Android version could be adapted to help with Skype for Linux.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Topic title updated by moderator to be more descriptive. Original topic title was: "Port Android version"]

Answer 1

Hmm - actually the MacOS version should run more or less "off the shelf" - this is Unix BSD, and use the same X11 window manager. The difficult part is to remember the diffierent directory names - "/Home" is "/Users" on Mac.
The difference between Android and say Mint is that Google has made the Android window manager, while Mint and Ubuntu and the rest are based on X11 - the very same as MacOS. 
Soon it will be Windows that will be used on some desktop environments, while the code the rest of the world use is the code hacked at MIT. They can get an Android emulator by talking to Jolla - or simpler, ask Google that use their own variant of Ubuntu. The response here seems to support what some of us have feared, that Nadella came too late, and it is impossible to turn the ship before it sits high and dry. 
Wine should run the XP version of Skype...