Slightly off topic but Blackberry also has a suite of Android tools where you basically repackage an .apk as a .bar and it magically works via on device Android emulation. I've used it previously and it worked well overall.
--stephen On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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