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.
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.
Not exact matches
Datings
apps, like any other
apps, usually
port data to the developer's servers
over an SSL - encrypted pathway.
The Blackberry Playbook was unveiled in 2011 and the company soon developed an emulator that could run Android
apps if they were
ported over to a BAR file.
Amazon and Barnes and Noble already own their own
app market, so
porting over the best
apps that work on e-ink would be simple.
Blackberry claims
over 100,000
apps on its ecosystem, but honestly it feels like 75 % suck or are Android
ports.
It is also expected that great care will be given to the quality of this
app, given a good response would mean good things for a much - desired
port of the full Final Fantasy VII game which was previously delayed due to technical limitations (particularly issues with the storage space required, estimated at
over 1 GB for the game itself).
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.
Many of the same
apps available for Android tablets are available in the Amazon store, but, it should be noted, not everything has been
ported over.
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The
apps have been getting better and now with Android
apps being
ported over that's just another feather in the cap.
The challenge facing the company in February 2010, six weeks before the iPad launch was to build a fully functioning
app,
port over 2400 titles and make 7 of them flagship quality.
Application developers are fervently
porting their Playbook
apps over to this new platform.
Angry Birds, Google Maps, WINAMP, Gmail and now Kindle Reader have been a few of the great new
apps ported over.
RIM is giving away free tablets to Android developers that
port over their existing
apps to the new BAR format.
One of the drawbacks of Android
apps ported over to the Playbook is the lack of forward and back buttons.
The process is actually fairly easy and I expect many great games, e-reading, and comic book
apps to be shortly
ported over.
If that happens, native Windows - based
apps would likely be welcomed
over ported Android
apps.
RIM / BlackBerry had develpers of Android
apps port their
apps over to BB
App World with no mention of Android in the
App itself whatsoever.
One of the biggest trends in the audiobook industry
over the course of the past few years have been
porting their
apps to Android Auto so commuters could forgo their stale musical playlist and listen to podcasts and their favorite audiobook title.
RIM has their own appworld, dev's just need to
port their
app's
over....
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.
The
app will also be
ported over to Android and iOS, but users will have to pay a monthly subscription fee to access the content.
This is the same policy that RIM adapts for Android
Apps ported over to their Playbook market.
The Good e-Reader
App Store is a viable solution for Android developers who want to
port their
apps over to Blackberry.
Not too long ago, BlackBerry 10 developer Toysoft Development
ported over his popular Power Tools
app to the Google Play Store.
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.
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.
BlackBerry has
ported over some of the key BlackBerry
apps to the Priv on Android but some are new like DTEK.
Acer Iconia Tab A500 comes with Android 3.0 Honeycomb flavored with Acer UI 4.5 customizations, powered by a super-fast NVIDIA Tegra 250 1 GHz dual - core processor and complemented with 1 GB RAM, sporting a 10.1 - inch 1280 x 800 LCD screen, equipped with a 5 megapixel rear facing camera with LED flash, and an additional front - facing 2 megapixel camera for video chat, 16 GB of flash storage, micro-SD card slot support for memory expansion up to 32 GB, 1080p video output
over the built - in HDMI
port, Need for Speed: Shift game pre-loaded, up to 8 hours battery life with the help of 3260mA battery, SocialJogger & Cler.fi
apps pre-installed, Android Market and much more.
Google Plus, Drive, Music and other Google services aren't that easy to use on the OS yet but we're hoping that Windows 8, or maybe 9, reaches a point were it makes sense for Google to support it and
port their
apps over.
So when Android
apps are
ported over it will run just as any other
app runs on it.
Will things change when Android developers can
port their Android
apps over and experienced BlackBerry developers can get to work with native developments tools?
Problem is, there's no authentication done on those, so any
app that you grant internet permissions to could conceivably connect
over those
ports and start modifying WiMAX settings.
For the record, they like people coming
over to BlackBerry World using the Android Player track, but they see it as a «toe in the water» exercise with the desire to see the vendor create a proper,
ported,
app that takes advantage of everything the platform has to offer.
You can
port over your Kindle books to Comixology's
app and read them in Guided view, too.
- 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
Whilst many of us would argue Half - Life is a game truly for the PC, the surge in smartphones and tablets
over the last few years has led to a rise in popular PC titles being
ported over to mobile
app stores to enable players to take their games with them wherever they are.
With the usual startup out of the way and previous Xbox settings, games and
apps ported over in a cinch (if you so wish), you may initially fail to spot much in the way of change.
The USB 2.0
port charges the drive, and even when not connected it can serve files to PCs or mobile devices (with a bundled
app)
over the local wireless network.
After years of neglect, Facebook is finally
porting over a new Instagram Beta
app for Windows 10 Mobile phones.
In an instant all your Google account information, settings, wallpapers,
apps and more will begin being
ported over to your Nexus 6.
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.
«We didn't
port the map
over exactly as it appears in the iOS
app, but we were able to get it pretty close.»
Since that whole Instagram Stories thing appears to be going so well,
porting it
over into Facebook proper isn't a bad idea — it's just another benefit of having a whole suite of
apps that you can pick and choose from in order to fine - tune the main money - maker.
Microsoft created five bridges to allow other developers to
port their
apps over to the Universal Windows Platform.
Perhaps Microsoft will
port Android
apps over to Windows Phone as well.
My suggestion for the cross platform problem is that one
app store should be
ported over to the other platforms.
Secondly, when you
port a number to Google Voice, you can't use the Google Voice
app to send text messages — it requires a data connection
over Wi - Fi or LTE / 3G.