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I don't think you're right. What killed FxOS was not a lack of wrapper to run Android apps (we actually got one that worked). What makes or break a Mobile OS i
by fabrice_d 9y ago
I don't think you're right. What killed FxOS was not a lack of wrapper to run Android apps (we actually got one that worked).
What makes or break a Mobile OS is the availability of the key apps for the market you're going after: whatsapp, FB, Twitter, etc. (that varies based on the region).
- detaro 9y ago> What killed FxOS was not a lack of wrapper to run Android apps (we actually got one that worked). Was that ever released? I saw it on Mozilla employees' dev phones, but nowhere else.
- fabrice_d 9y agoI don't think you ever saw the one I'm talking about. It was done in collaboration with a partner and was never released. Also, lawyers were involved ;) You likely saw the other attempt using the J2ME-in-js implementation: https://github.com/mozilla/pluotsorbet https://github.com/mozilla/pluotsorbet That was too slow and never shipped in commercial devices either.