Post: In-The-Box Project Brings Android Apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
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06-02-2011, 01:40 PM
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Independent developers have a finite amount of time in which to put together their smartphone apps, and they obviously want to get the maximum return for their work. Taking Android apps and porting them to work on iOS is a time consuming practice, assuming the developer has the necessary technical know-how to do the work.
One such open source project hopes to break down the barriers of app porting from Android to iOS, and it's called "In The Box".
Apart from the odd name, "In The Box" seems a very good and interesting idea. Using the Dalvik virtual machine from Google's Android OS, apps are able to use tools provided to applications designed for iOS. The theory here is that Android apps will need little work to make them ready for submission to Apple's App Store.
As You must login or register to view this content. points out, the process isn't as easy as it could be right now, with a good understanding of both operating systems and their particular nuances required to port apps from Android to iOS. Even the video on the project's own website showcases a simple "Hello World" app. The decision not to use an actual Android Market app as a sample is perhaps telling.
While the porting process may not be as smooth or as easy as hoped right now, nobody can deny the idea is indeed a good one. Anything that gives developers more time to code great apps instead of spending time writing the same one twice is a good thing - we just hope development can get this particular tool where it needs to be ASAP.
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