Re: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am 26.02.2013 um 21:20 schrieb Luboš Doležel:

> On 02/26/2013 01:35 PM, Ivan Vučica wrote:
>> But, I think offering a mobile GUI for use with a mobile window
>> manager on a mobile device is not a bad idea either. Building a
>> project that can equally well run under an existing environment (e.g.
>> rendering into an Android GL ES context and routing Android events
>> into UIEvents), be used for development on desktops (in Xephyr and
>> Xnest or even directly) and be used for running on an new platform
>> while at the same time offering a recognizable and
>> as-compatible-as-possible API... well, I think that's a good thing,
>> too.
> 
> Well, should such think materialize, I'd be worthwhile - and relatively easy 
> in fact - to support direct launching of iOS apps on Android via Darling. 
> Although I imagine Apple wouldn't be too happy about this, since I assume 
> pirated iOS apps could then be run on (non-rooted) Android devices :-)

I doubt this would be possible since Linux (and so Android) uses a different 
binary format. More likely is that you "develop once, deploy everywhere", e.g. 
you just recompile your app for Android using GNUstep. So this is more a help 
for developers than for pirates.

cheers,

        Lars