can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

Hi guys,

Im sitting in the train ight now, going to study.. And a friend off mine showed a app of android who has the school schedule of when the lessons starts..

so i want that damn app too :p is it possible to port it ??

greets,

psych

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

Simple answer: no

It's not a trivial process by any means....

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

argh... okay -_- thnx anyway..

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

they found a solution for ipk, what about apk?

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

In case you wonder, .ipk == .deb . This is the first out of a long list of similarities between WebOS and Maemo (and also desktop Linux).

Android is too different. This is one of the reasons I despise it.

It is doable, sure, but not in an afternoon.

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

your confusing filenames with things that actually matter :P

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

riiiight...
1. I never tried
2. It's Linux - so i guess there should be source code available. Get the source, try to compile & i guess u will go mad after the 20th missing dependency... But u can do it in principle...
3. http://www.softrecipe.com/System-Uti...rcconvert.html
They say u can convert....
I am on Linux for years & only to think about a tool that let's u convert from 1 package to another on a windows machine makes me shiver.
Btw - .deb is the package u would want for maemo...

I guess it's easier to try find a native debian solution. Maybe in some ubuntu's Netbook repro's. Still that will be *quite* some work if it's not allready here on maemo.

If u don't understand what i'm talking about u will most likely not build the pkg by yourself too soon. By the time u prob. don't need a timetable anymore :)

BUT - it's Linux & if u wanna learn howto do things like that u sure can!
Maybe start to learn how to compile your first program all by yourself - best on a bigger (faster) machine than the n900 with any Linux.

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

just curious how do you do that? i don't know much about android so excuse the dumb question.

i undstood android uses java? am i wrong?
if it is java: doesn't java mean you have to write a port to make it run? or is it posible to do some binary compiling from the java?

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

what you're talking about (running android apps on linux and ultimately maemo) is what this developer is working on.

http://mjfrey.blogspot.com/

Very interesting project to keep an eye on.

Re: can we port .apk of android to a maemo app ?
 

Android is not GNU/Linux.
Damn, this GNU-prefix now really DOES matter thanks to Google.