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Alien Dalvik, run android apps on non android phones (Like N900)
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sjgadsby
2011-02-08 , 19:34
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So, as others have pointed out, this doesn't appear to be a stand alone environment, à la Wine, but instead a wrapper applied to individual applications by the developer or the app store. The "by the app store" option is intriguing though, as it implies the translation layer doesn't require recompilation of the application, as winelib does.
Given that, I wonder how likely is it that the wrapper, once installed normally in conjunction with one Android application, could be copied out and applied to other, not yet Alien Dalvik-atized Android apps.
It would be interesting if Amazon took an interest in this for their own Android store. At a glance, it would appear to be a good fit for them.
It would be even more interesting if Ovi Store began accepting the submission of straight Android apps, applying this wrapper in exchange for a higher cut of the profits than for native Qt applications.
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