iOS apps running on android

singularity

Columbia Cider Demo

iOS apps running on a nexus 7

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaple0Ec1Dg

 

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2014/05/13/research-project-cider-brings-ios-apps-android-devices/

 

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Six PhD students at Columbia University‘s Department of Computer Science have developed Cider, an OS compatibility architecture capable of running iOS apps on Android. Rather than using a strict virtual machine, they achieved the feat by running domestic and foreign binaries on the same device.

They leverage binary compatibility techniques such as compile-time code adaptation and diplomatic functions. This means Cider can copy the libraries and frameworks it needs and convince an app’s code that it is running on Apple’s XNU kernel rather than Android’s Linux kernel.

http://jeremya.com/files/pub/2014/03/cider-asplos2014.pdf

gatorguy

singularity wrote: »

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iOS apps running on a nexus 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaple0Ec1Dg

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2014/05/13/research-project-cider-brings-ios-apps-android-devices/

http://jeremya.com/files/pub/2014/03/cider-asplos2014.pdf

...but barely functional. Don't see any particular need for it anyway.

singularity

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...but barely functional. Don't see any particular need for it anyway.

no, but my inner geek does applaud people who can do this sort of thing

gatorguy

singularity wrote: »

no, but my inner geek does applaud people who can do this sort of thing

Oh absolutely.

phabletfan

Can Apple sue if they get it practical and someone tries to monetize it? Because this would allow you to run content exclusive to Apple on non-Apple devices.