“Android is reaching EOL in the next 4-5 years”

Re:“Android is reaching EOL in the next 4-5 years” by marc3842h on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:30PM (#19703170)

I don't see how Fuchsia can pull this off without having at least compatibility with existing Android apps.

Even if they do: I could see a ton of smartphone brands continuing to maintain it for their own smart phones (the Chinese have been big on that front!) or even making their own OS like Samsung with their Tizen OS.

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Re:“Android is reaching EOL in the next 4-5 years” by bob1029 on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:55PM (#19703349)

All they need to do is offer the legacy API in addition to the new one, and write an internal translation layer. Obviously, that legacy API is at huge risk of being deprecated, so you should expect it to be considering. Any app out there that isn't rewritten for the new API will eventually stop working, just like most of Google's products. I am sure they would enjoy seeing this 'cleansing' of less-popular and niche apps.

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Re:“Android is reaching EOL in the next 4-5 years” by fmajid on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:30PM (#19703555)

Fuchsia is just a kernel, if Google reimplements the Android stack on top of it as a replacement for Linux, the only apps that would be impacted would be those few that use NDK native code.

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