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2010-08-14
, 11:41
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@ Aperture Science, Inc.
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Android apps run in a virtual machine. Actually, it's a Java environment. It's called Dalvik and is quite a strange beast.
I am not aware what the status on open-sourcing of Dalvik is.
/edit: What I actually meant to say is that while one could take a module out of android os and got it to work on a different environment, this module would run as a native executable. Android apps do in fact not, as they need the virtual machine, which would have to be fully implemented in the other environment.
Last edited by quingu; 2010-08-14 at 11:48.
I am not aware what the status on open-sourcing of Dalvik is.
/edit: What I actually meant to say is that while one could take a module out of android os and got it to work on a different environment, this module would run as a native executable. Android apps do in fact not, as they need the virtual machine, which would have to be fully implemented in the other environment.
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Last edited by quingu; 2010-08-14 at 11:48.
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2010-08-14
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Well android is quite open source so far.
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2010-08-14
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@ Switzerland
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I think the only way we will ever get android apps would be with nitdroid.
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2010-08-14
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@ Durham North-East UK
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the dalvk VM also requires special kernel features and interfaces not provided by standard kernel hence why it unlikely to ever be ported
Just a suggestion/idea. It should be possible at least on some basic level.