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My apologies if this thread is not in the correct subsection.

Is it possible to run an Android app on the N900? The reason I ask is...my bank just recently released an app for the iphone as well as android.

I think that with uh...nitdroid? I might be able to accomplish this...but I have not looked into it very far, and to tell you the truth, I don't really want to futz with having two OS's on the N900.

Any thoughts or knowledge on a possible solution would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Don't think so since Android is quite different from Maemo... Your only shot would probably be NITDroid(which you don't seem to want).

Android apps do work on nitdroid im playing android games as we speak. Robo defense if someone is wondering.

Ok...Would it be possible to port an app from android market to the N900? I mean...basically making a new app that would do the same stuff? Or would you have to receive special dispensation from my bank to get certain infos. to do that?

@sytheii, there is not any general solution. every program has to be analized one by one.

maybe we have a similar app, maybe better, maybe worse.

but you should open a new thread with something like "there is an application that can do my homework?". something more specific i think.

hope this helps

I don't know what that's supposed to be in reference to...
I guess I just expected there to be at least a couple of applications out there that came from the android world and were made to work on the N900.

I'm not a dummy, I just thought I could inspire general interest (to find out if it can be done,) and then focus on what I want, which is an app for my bank, USAA, which i mentioned in the first post.

I don't know if it is even a thing that can be replicated....perhaps there are special things you have to get from USAA to make an app for them...or maybe not, I don't know. I ask to discover what knowledge may be floating around out there that I haven't been able to locate myself.

It's funny, I asked them a while back to make an app for symbian phones...and they go and make one for android

Heres there link for the banks page on their apps

https://www.usaa.com/inet/ent_utils/...e_android_main

It is not possible to run Android apps in Maemo however it is possible to run Android, and thus it's apps, on the N900. However it's not nearly ready for everyday use and lacks core functionality.

@shiteii: hey! dont take me wrong. im just trying to help :P

i just dont know what you bank app does. but seems something that only your bank can do.

Look into porting Dalvik VM to your chosen platform.

@ysss: maybe if ubuntu has some kind of success in porting dalvik (http://arstechnica.com/open-source/n...-on-ubuntu.ars)

then we can have some hope too!