It would be interesting to try it, if anything to see if the performance is acceptable.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I've just received access to the beta of the Windows Android Bridge[1], > which will supposedly allow Android apps to run on Windows 10 Mobile with > very little modification. In fact, most of the bridge functionality has to > do with providing interop functions that replace Google Play services, > which we don't use anyway. > > I'll also mention that Microsoft has an equivalent bridge for iOS apps > (which they've recently open-sourced[2]) that should allow existing iOS > apps to run on Windows Phone. > > My concern, however, would be that our Android app (or iOS app) would look > really out of place if it ran unmodified within the ecosystem of Windows 10 > Mobile, meaning that we would still need to devote significant design and > engineering resources to make the app look like it "belongs" on this > platform... > > > [1] http://uwp.dev.windows.com/en-us/uwp-bridges/android/ > [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/ > > > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < > jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Thanks for the link Adam, there's interesting context there. >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Adam Baso <ab...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> My understanding is: in part, although people who were on the mobile >>> team during the most active part of these projects are probably best >>> situated to speak to it. There's also this page that has some historical >>> information: >>> >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Wikipedia/Hybrid_notes >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Stephane Bisson <sbis...@wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Is the firefox os wikipedia app that's currently out there based on the >>>> old phonegap app? >>>> >>>> https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/wikipedia/ >>>> >>>> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/apps/firefox/wikipedia >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Michael Holloway < >>>> mhollo...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The old PhoneGap app repo lives here on GitHub: >>>>> https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile >>>>> >>>>> (I haven't touched it and can't speak to its current state.) >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < >>>>> jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've also floated the idea of cleaning up / replacing the >>>>>>> experimental Firefox OS app (which is based on our old PhoneGap app >>>>>>> code) >>>>>>> and using a modernized HTML5+JS app for both Firefox OS and Windows 10 >>>>>>> Tablet/Mobile. Nobody's bitten on the idea yet, but I think it might be >>>>>>> better than trying to separately spin up resources for multiple minority >>>>>>> mobile OSs. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Where is such phonegap app? I'm very interested in building a web >>>>>> client and have already been doing so for the last 2 hackathons >>>>>> <http://chimeces.com/webkipedia/> (T106275 >>>>>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106275>) and I'm working on it >>>>>> thinking mobile first. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would be very interested in checking the feature set of the old >>>>>> phonegap app and when good enough, making an effort to package something >>>>>> like that web client for firefoxOS & windows phone. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Niedzielski < >>>>>> sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey! I believe we update the Wikipedia for Fire OS (Android) >>>>>>> app[0] whenever a production version has fully rolled out on Play, >>>>>>> although >>>>>>> we don't offer the Beta[2] on Appstore. I can see they're both >>>>>>> currently at >>>>>>> the latest and greatest. I don't have Fire device presently, but if you >>>>>>> highlight a term for sharing and have Wikipedia installed, you should >>>>>>> get >>>>>>> the option to search with the app. I *thought* there was also some >>>>>>> additional platform level support for Wikipedia lookups built by Amazon >>>>>>> but >>>>>>> I might be mistaken. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --stephen >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=org.wikipedia >>>>>>> [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia >>>>>>> [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Brion, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ok, thanks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is the Wikipedia app promoted to Kindle Fire users very much? It >>>>>>>> would be interesting if highlighting a term in a Kindle book or >>>>>>>> newspaper >>>>>>>> would take the user to a Wikipedia or Wiktionary article for >>>>>>>> definitions >>>>>>>> and background info. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I wonder if Microsoft would be willing to support Wikipedia app >>>>>>>> development for Windows with Microsoft financing or in-kind >>>>>>>> contribution of >>>>>>>> developer time. Any thoughts? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Pine >>>>>>>> On Jul 25, 2015 6:08 PM, "Brion Vibber" <bvib...@wikimedia.org> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Mobilizers, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 1. Do you think it would make sense to develop a Wikipedia app >>>>>>>>>> for Kindle, or to encourage Amazon to do so or financially sponsor >>>>>>>>>> its >>>>>>>>>> development? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kindle Fire devices are Android-based and can run the existing >>>>>>>>> Android Wikipedia app. The bare-bones e-ink Kindle readers are another >>>>>>>>> story perhaps. :) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 2. Same questions for Windows and Microsoft, especially >>>>>>>>>> considering the Windows 10 launch. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I did an experimental JavaScript/WinJS-based Windows tablet app >>>>>>>>> back for the Windows 8 launch, which is still in the Windows Store but >>>>>>>>> needs to be cleaned up for Windows 10 or perhaps killed and replaced. >>>>>>>>> :) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Windows 10 will also have a Mobile edition for phones 'and small >>>>>>>>> tablets'; there's a unified app platform between desktop and mobile on >>>>>>>>> Windows 10 so it should be possible to adapt the tablet app to run on >>>>>>>>> phones (or rewrite it entirely to run on both!) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> There's also been some talk about using the framework Microsoft >>>>>>>>> has put together for porting Android apps to Windows 10 Mobile, but I >>>>>>>>> don't >>>>>>>>> think anybody has a good handle on how tricky that will be to use, or >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> cost-benefit of working on Windows 10 Mobile in general. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've also floated the idea of cleaning up / replacing the >>>>>>>>> experimental Firefox OS app (which is based on our old PhoneGap app >>>>>>>>> code) >>>>>>>>> and using a modernized HTML5+JS app for both Firefox OS and Windows 10 >>>>>>>>> Tablet/Mobile. Nobody's bitten on the idea yet, but I think it might >>>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>> better than trying to separately spin up resources for multiple >>>>>>>>> minority >>>>>>>>> mobile OSs. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- brion >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>>>>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>>>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephane Bisson >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> 1 416 270 3830 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> >
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