:-) And maybe faenil will be bringing the "Android as an App" magic to Ubuntu Phone?
https://twitter.com/faenil/status/679648455652995073 On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Wayne Ward <i...@wayneward.co.uk> wrote: > I wish emails had a like button > > Wayne > Monday, 22 February 2016 21:20:06 UTC, Bob Summerwill <b...@summerwill.net> > wrote: > >> "Why would you want android apps?" >> >> I am using a Jolla Phone as my day-to-day device, and I can vouch from >> first-hand experience that the AlienDalvik Android support on that device >> is utterly invaluable in a practical sense. >> >> Having native applications is obviously best, but Android compatibility is >> a fantastic stopgap solution. There are a huge number of Android >> applications, and having access even to a subset is a godsend. It is >> surprising how many Android applications can run without Google Play >> Services. >> >> Jolla Phone works with various Android stores, with Yandex and F-Droid >> being the ones which I use the most. Having F-Droid on Ubuntu Phone >> would >> undoubtedly be "A Good Thing". >> >> Having that kind of functionality available on top of a FOSS solution >> would >> be fabulous. The SailfishOS ports really suffer for its absence. >> Ubuntu Phone would really benefit from an equivalent. >> >> If you want to see something amazing, check out "Android as an App" on >> SailfishOS. That kind of magic should be possible for Ubuntu Phone as >> well, I think. >> >> https://twitter.com/sledgeSim/status/679647138305970177 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net> >> wrote: >> >> Sorry, I forgot to respond to your second question (and email address). >>> >>> > And if you can run android apps, why would they be bothered to write a >>> native app. >>> >>> Maybe for the same reason why not every organization chooses to >>> implement their apps using Cordova. Because on an attractive platform >>> I want to offer the best available integration possible. Not a >>> mediocre, "working one", which could be sufficient to some suffering >>> user souls though. >>> >>> Attractive. That was my point in mentioning "differentiation". This >>> argument has been discussed on the list before. >>> >>> @Mark Re Tox [2], I think I saw that before. But what (current) >>> user-facing problems does it solve (apart from Edward Snowden's secure >>> messaging, which *is* important, acknowledged)? Will my wife stop >>> bugging me with "can you finally install Wattsup on your damn fone?" >>> >>> Seriously, integrating all those communication features, including >>> generic SIP and XMPP, seamlessly in Ubuntu Phone would be awesome. >>> That would be a very promising way to go, probably. >>> >>> We don't need extra clients if it's really as advertised, "The >>> relationship of The Tox Project to Tox is analogous to the Linux >>> Foundation's relationship to Linux." [3], let's go for integration if >>> it's that good. What we don't need is another messaging client. We >>> already have Telegram. And the contacts for our kids' sports >>> appointments are not on there, unfortunately. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> [2] https://tox.chat/ >>> [3] https://tox.chat/about.html (at the bottom of the page) >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- b...@summerwill.net
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