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[Bob Summerwill <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"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.bittner@xxxxxxx>
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)
>
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