Re:Cider: Native Execution of iOS Apps on Android
by comex on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @12:29AM
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It's not just the apps themselves. In its current state, the program in the paper replaces only the kernel interface and some user libraries (OpenGL); all the rest of the core Apple frameworks are copied from iOS. In theory, a Wine-like project could attempt to reimplement all of these frameworks, which is where the Oracle ruling comes in...
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Re:Cider: Native Execution of iOS Apps on Android
by erichocean on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @12:51AM
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> In theory, a Wine-like project could attempt to reimplement all of these frameworks
You mean like the Google Ventures-backed Apportable[0]? It's already delivered 3 of the top 10 games on Android, and I'm currently using it to port a "normal" social network app from iOS to Android (using the development version which re-implements Core Animation on top of OpenGL ES 2).
Re:Cider: Native Execution of iOS Apps on Android
by josephlord on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @03:03AM
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And getting back to the Oracle ruling I think the fair-use defence for something like this aimed at a compatible implementation would be stronger than Google's because they were trying to fork the platform and avoid the available Java licensing offers.