Android

ckrotter · 09-03-2011, 05:22 AM

Is there also a android version of the program ??

itimpi · 09-03-2011, 07:15 AM

No.

Porting Calibre 2 Android is probably technically feasible, but because of the huge number of dependencies (many from third parties) it would be a big job. I am not sure how good Android is at supporting Python - the language the main calibre code is written in. There is also a certain amount of code in C - again I am not sure of Android support for this.

The usefuleness of a port is debatable as most Android devices currently available are underpowered in CPU terms and far too short on RAM to consider running Calibre. That does not mean that they will not be up to it from a hardware perspective in the future.

user_none · 09-03-2011, 07:49 AM

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Moving this out of the development section. The development section is specifically for people asking for help working on calibre not for general questions.

09-03-2011, 05:22 AM	#1
ckrotter Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Doetinchem, Netherlands Device: Acer A 500	Android Is there also a android version of the program ??

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09-03-2011, 07:15 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	No. Porting Calibre 2 Android is probably technically feasible, but because of the huge number of dependencies (many from third parties) it would be a big job. I am not sure how good Android is at supporting Python - the language the main calibre code is written in. There is also a certain amount of code in C - again I am not sure of Android support for this. The usefuleness of a port is debatable as most Android devices currently available are underpowered in CPU terms and far too short on RAM to consider running Calibre. That does not mean that they will not be up to it from a hardware perspective in the future.

09-03-2011, 07:49 AM	#3
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	Moderator Notice Moving this out of the development section. The development section is specifically for people asking for help working on calibre not for general questions.

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