Google says that it's still in «the early days» of letting
developers port their apps to Chrome, however.
So much for the ease of
developers porting their apps between Windows 10 device types.
Not exact matches
BlackBerry is smart to allow Android
app porting, which will help, but that still adds an extra layer for
developers to support and maintain.
While this makes
porting to Windows an obvious choice, it still leaves
developers with a looming question: Which OS should they develop an
app for first?
Datings
apps, like any other
apps, usually
port data to the
developer's servers over an SSL - encrypted pathway.
Game and software
developers confirmed with Good e-Reader that Blackberry is starting a section in their
app store for straight Android
ports.
Almost every major news and magazine
app was just ripped off from the original developer and ported as an Android A
app was just ripped off from the original
developer and
ported as an Android
AppApp.
I tried to confirm what the submission process would be for indie
developers wanting to
port over their
apps they developed for the TouchPad and what the guidelines for
apps actually are.
The main benefit is
apps, likely Google will add in different options for
developers to be able to
port their existing
apps over or add in some kind of resolution options, so your same
app that runs on a smartphone / tablet will run a PC.
Blackberry also has a super complicated system for
developers to
port their
apps over to the BAR format.
This move will give BlackBerry access to a number of popular
apps, especially those that
app developers did not
port to BB10.
Starting March 19th in London, B&N will try and woo local
developers to
port and submit their Android
apps to the Nook
Developer Program.
RIM does not care to have quality Qt
apps ported to BB10 — they don't make it possible to use Qt Mobility (location, sensors, multimedia) in QtQuick
apps and thus force
developers to use Cascades, which require MONTHS of work (re-doing the whole UI) to
port a Qt application.
Application
developers are fervently
porting their Playbook
apps over to this new platform.
RIM is giving away free tablets to Android
developers that
port over their existing
apps to the new BAR format.
Things have recently improved, as it's now possible for a
developer to
port the Android
apps to the Playbook tablet with little effort.
But it's become increasingly clear that limitations on
porting over Android
apps will ensure the Android
App Player will have less appeal to both Android
developers and PlayBook users.
Another sore point for
developers who wish to
port their
apps on to the PlayBook is that they will have to do without in -
app purchases.
The Good e-Reader
App Store is a viable solution for Android
developers who want to
port their
apps over to Blackberry.
The game selection in the
app store is meager, and right now, I'm not seeing
developers running to
port / build games to RIM's platform.
As the article states, it's a great way for Android
developers to gauge BB interest in their
apps, but the majority of the
ports I've come across, whether sideloaded or downloaded straight from BB World, tend to be laggy and buggy as all get out.
RIM and Appcelerator are working together to offer
developers a unique opportunity to
port their
apps with Appcelerator's TitaniumTM platform and be rewarded for their efforts.
Not too long ago, BlackBerry 10
developer Toysoft Development
ported over his popular Power Tools
app to the Google Play Store.
In the update, which was promised for the summer but yet to materialise, users will be able to run Android
apps that have been
ported across to the PlayBook operating system by
developers keen to expand beyond the Google operating system.
The
developers over at XDA have successfully
ported over the powerful camera
app from the Samsung Galaxy Camera to the company's flagship Galaxy S4.
It's a widely - held belief that
developer participation in a mobile ecosystem is what ultimately makes or breaks it (which is why Microsoft has been incentivizing
developers on Windows Phone in a variety of ways), but this takes it to a new level:
developers don't want to spend the time to
port their
apps or write new ones if they won't see a return on investment, and a guaranteed payout of $ 10,000 is an interesting attempt to alleviate those concerns.
The
apps are designed to show a few things: how easy it is to
port apps to BB10 from other platforms, how flexible RIM's
developer tools are, and most importantly how the new Cascades framework gives
developers a way to create
apps that match the look and feel of BB10.
Its posix compliant so
developers won't have an issue
porting their android
apps to blackberries.
Developers got to hear from some of the developers working on webOS and what their challenenges and benefits porting their apps from other mobile
Developers got to hear from some of the
developers working on webOS and what their challenenges and benefits porting their apps from other mobile
developers working on webOS and what their challenenges and benefits
porting their
apps from other mobile platforms.
My guess would be that all this means is that it will be much easier for Android
developers to
port their
Apps over to BB but will still have to use the
App World (or various online BB channels) for distribution to BlackBerry and not the Marketplace so they'll have to play by the same rules as the current BlackBerry
developers.
RIM is also offering a suite of tools for Android
developers that will allow them to easily
port their existing
apps to the PlayBook for distribution through BlackBerry
App World.
RIM is also offering a suite of tools «Sandbox» for Android
developers that will allow them to easily
port their existing
apps to the PlayBook for distribution through BlackBerry
App World, providing a new opportunity for many
developers to reach BlackBerry PlayBook users.
Will things change when Android
developers can
port their Android
apps over and experienced BlackBerry
developers can get to work with native developments tools?
So you're telling me that Konami couldn't get one of their B squad
developers to even do a proper
port of Peace Walker to be a native HD Vita
app?
- when the team learned that Switch would support Unity, they began the process of bringing the game over - it was planned early on to get the game onto Switch within a month of it launching - by Fall 2016, Unity's optimization progressed, and error messages that previously appeared with I Am Setsuna stopped - by the end of fall last year, the team was finished with pre-submission to Nintendo - I Am Setuna was the first title to enter this process - a meeting with Unity was suddenly held, and it was decided that I Am Setsuna would end up becoming a launch title - Nintendo asked for the
developers to finish the master version that year if possible - the team was able to
port quickly due to Unity, as well as the lack of online / vs features & modest hardware requirements - having a good grasp on specs also made work come together quickly - setting various aspects such as the
app's icon, languages, etc. was said to be very simple - there was also good compatibility for titles that have / planned to have multi-platform support on home and portable consoles
The only way you'll probably ever see an extender
app is if MS were to allow a sideloading development sub and some
developer ports it.
Amazon has to provide alternative APIs for
developers, and
developers may have to do a bit of work to
port their Android
apps from the Google Play Store to Amazon's Fire OS.
Maybe they'll be more successful once
developers can simply
port their iPad
apps to the Windows Store.
«
App developers only develop for the most popular platforms and may consider
porting to other platforms if they see value,» he told LinuxInsider.
Google has opted to keep HDR + exclusive to Nexus and Pixel devices, but the
developer community
ported the
app to most Snapdragon 820 and Snapdragon 835 phones, subsequently adding Xiaomi device compatibility to the list.
Xamarin for free — Xamarin, recently acquired by Microsoft, makes
developer tools that make it easy to
port over
apps written in C# to other platforms.
Microsoft has today released an early, open - source version of its Windows Bridge
porting tool for iOS, software that helps
developers take
apps and games made for iOS and
port them over to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
At its Build
developer conference back in April, Microsoft showcased a new technology that will let
developers start
porting Android and iOS
apps directly onto Windows 10.
If you're curious about the name of the
app, «fennec» is the internal codename for the mobile version of Firefox, and «fabrice» is the name of the
developer who
ported the ROM for this launcher.
Luckily, though,
developer Twisted89 has
ported the PS4 Remote Play
app to work on any Android device, which means that even if you don't own an Xperia, you can now play your own PS4 games right on your smartphone or tablet.
The support for Daydream signifies that it will soon be easier for
developers to
port their
apps into Google's mobile VR system.
Project Islandwood allows
developers to
port their iOS
apps to the Universal Windows Platform.
Microsoft created five bridges to allow other
developers to
port their
apps over to the Universal Windows Platform.
Developers can
port their Objective - C code to Visual Studio and compile it into a Windows
app.
It's been less than a year since the first Android Wear smartwatch hit markets (you can read our Gear Live review here), and we can already see a ton of popular
apps offering support for the OS (the fact that Google makes it extremely easy for
developers to
port their
apps to Android Wear helps considerably).