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by bornhuetter 4725 days ago
Apportable looks like a fantastic product. Does anyone know if such a thing exists going in the other direction (Android to iOS)?

Anything to help with making it easier for developers to make reliable cross-platform apps is very valuable to the industry.
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BHSPitMonkey 4725 days ago
That seems like the direction that would be less vulnerable to copyright/patent claims. I could easily see Apple raising hell over the compatibility layer Apportable ships with their "ports". Android, itself being an open-source project, would be immune to that.
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jtheory 4725 days ago
Sure, but Apple, being sometimes a little overeager to keep the apps they accept "of the right sort" -- ideally fully native, really -- could see an compatibility layer and decide to simply refuse to approve any apps using the bundled Android layer.
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BHSPitMonkey 4725 days ago
They would have in the past. These days they do allow a variety of mechanisms that let not-exactly-native apps run in iOS.
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