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[Bob Summerwill <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:-)

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 <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I wish emails had a like button
>
> Wayne
> Monday, 22 February 2016 21:20:06 UTC, Bob Summerwill <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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.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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