On Oct 20, 6:01 am, drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey All, > > Since Android is Java based, it would be great to be able to use all > of the Java mobile apps written for Blackberrys and the like. Is > there any chance a JAD distributed application can be made to install > on an Android device? Perhaps an installer can be built to > automatically convert the application to the .apk format (either on > the phone itself or off-line on a PC). > > Can this be done?
drew, In principle, a converter that transforms .apk into JAD is unlikely to produce something that will run on the android in its current state. What is possible is an additional software layer or module that runs alongside with the android java framwork or on top of it. This additional software would than allow Java ME (Mobile Edition) MIDP (Mobile Internetnet Device Profile) applications (MIDlets / JADs) to run on an android device. This MIDP execution environment is currently not part of android. Reference: http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/9ea8b28a98d562f9 - same question http://code.google.com/p/cuby/ - a project that is planing to add a MIDP layer on top of the android framework http://www.ddj.com/mobile/210300551?pgno=2 - a technical article showing some of differences between android and MIDP Gruessle Simon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
