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The barrier would be that many Android apps also leverage Google's in-built services, which would be unavailable on the upcoming generation of Huawei phones. T
by ETHisso2017 7y ago
The barrier would be that many Android apps also leverage Google's in-built services, which would be unavailable on the upcoming generation of Huawei phones. The question then becomes to what degree could someone replicate those services, and how quickly.
- Juha 7y agoOne thing to note is that the whole Chinese Android ecosystem currently works without those Google services or Play Store. It's still challenging to push system without Google globally, but at least they have experience with that locally in China.
- ETHisso2017 7y agoHow do they replicate the functionality that Google Services provide? And could they bring that functionality to the rest of the world?
- LadyNike 7y agoIt's just very different. For example, there are a ton of SDKs that provide push notifications, such as Baidu, Tencent, etc... There are also "super apps", such as WeChat, that offer their own API surface and can be preferable to some app devs. Then there are some things, such as "advertising id", which none of these SDKs provide (at the moment?). So yeah, the answer is somewhere between "it's complicated" and "no one".
- nickonline 7y agoThey use massive mega apps e.g. WeChat
- niutech 7y agoThere is already microG: https://microg.org https://microg.org