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Old 11-21-2012, 07:31 AM   #5
fjtorres
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That is not doable.
The full Kobo, Kindle, and Nook (and for that matter, Nexus) experiences are all *proprietary*. The Android core is open but the Google apps and the various overlays are not. Which is why only vanilla android devices that follow Google guidelines get the Google apps.

And with the new SDK guidelines and their vague "no forking" rules it is going to be even harder.

Future FIREs and NOOKs may not have access to the latest android flavor unless they ditch their proprietary "enhancements".
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-575...fragmentation/

Quote:
The company has modified its legal agreement with developers working on Android apps to specifically prohibit them from any action that could contribute to further fragmentation of the mobile platform. The anti-fragmentation clause was recently added to the Android SDK licensing terms and conditions, which developers must accept in order to build Android apps.

Section 3.4 of Google's new terms, which were updated Tuesday, reads, "You agree that you will not take any actions that may cause or result in the fragmentation of Android, including but not limited to distributing, participating in the creation of, or promoting in any way a software development kit derived from the SDK."
Depending on how they choose to define those terms, it could forbid developing apps for FIRE or Nook or "officially deprecated" versions of Android, say 2.x or 3.x.
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