Thread: RIM Playbook to support Android, Java Apps
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Old 03-24-2011, 07:29 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Barty View Post
Won't the apps be running in some kind of emulator and will suck compared to native aps? Otoh, their users have access to more apps. Otoh, they're pretty much admitting "our store sucks; we don't expect devs to invest in making apps for our platform so we'll just piggyback on android."
No, Java was designed from the ground up to be a multi platform interpreted development system. The difference is the installer; the Android installer uses files packaged in something called an APK, WebOS uses a different installer, but the program code itself is the same. Now, it would appear that PlayBook is also using Java, meaning if you package the Android or WebOS apps in a file format that the PlayBook installer understands it will run.
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