you can certainly have multiple apps running, and these apps can chat to each other. But I wouldn't use sockets, I would use Intents to provide the communication channel.
On Jul 13, 4:49 am, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > is it possible to run multiple apps at the same time on Android? I > have an app > that has two separate layers and which they are normally launched > separately. > They open sockets and talk to each other via those sockets. I am not > sure if > this would be possible under Android - may be generate two separate > projects > and their corresponding UIs and then launch them at the same time. If > that is > not possible I am assuming I will need to launch them from the same UI > - their > interprocess sockets should be able to connect to each other. Is this > something > that is worth pursuing? > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en