Dear all, I was working on getting android apps running on Ubuntu Touch, have a look on the "Android apps and XMir GL support". But I run into some problems with the GL support.
In my humble opinion it is for now important to get Android apps running on Ubuntu Touch as soon as possible since I have the impression that it will take a while until all major apps are provided for Ubuntu Touch. This will also make the transition for Android user easier since they will not miss any apps and from Canonical points of view also a nice selling argument. Later on using android apps will be less important since then native applications will be available. The Ubuntu Touch developers and Canonical are doing an awesome work for sure. Big thank to you all, guys!!! However, I have also gotten the impression that they will need all their limited man power to port Ubuntu Touch to the new devices, to work on the convergence feature and UI design and to improve the documentation and developer tools so that app programmers can provide apps. For this reason, I would assume that in the near future they cannot provide so many additional features like an android app emulator. Therefore, I would propose to start some kind of a Kickstarter campaign or better challenge in which the developer of an android emulator would get the collected amount of money. I would back this project by 100 euros. In my opinion this challenge should have the following general conditions: * The android emulator should be available in less than 3 months from now. We will not need an android emulator in a year since hopefully then the convergence feature will work perfectly and all major apps are ported as native applications. * The android emulator should be open source and based on open source software like ARChon runtime, so that it can later be updated and adopted to later Ubuntu Touch versions if necessary. * The android emulator should allow to start apps directly from the Ubuntu Touch UI and to run them like a normal Touch app. This will require that also the maliit keyboard will be working. * The android emulator should allow to download Android apps from the F-Droid market. * The first developer who can show a working version which can at least run the 2048, the Xabber and the Whatsapp android app will get the money. * If we collect more than 15.000 Euros in total the winning developer will get 10.000 Euros in an instant and the rest of the money after he supported the android emulator for one year. As I said before I do not think that we will need the emulator after one year. If less the winning developer gets all the money after pushing his code to Launchpad or Github. I am not a developer and cannot exactly assess how much efforts it is to get such an android emulator working and how much people would spend money on this feature. Moreover, I do not know if one could find a developer who would work on this. Nevertheless, I would try this out since I have the feeling that I am not the only one who is missing the one or other handy Android app until the desktop applications are fitting on the smart phone screen. In my opinion this would also support the current Ubuntu Touch developers since this developer would also take care about the XMir GL support. What is your opinion on that? Would anyone also back this by money? 100 Euros are in the pot.
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