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Why isn't there a third-party app store, by the way? iPhone only runs executables signed by Apple? I suppose that on Android, if Google's Android market sucks a
by yason 16y ago
Why isn't there a third-party app store, by the way? iPhone only runs executables signed by Apple? I suppose that on Android, if Google's Android market sucks anyone can create a new market that ranks the applications better or simply lures in better apps?
- jbk 16y agoYes, it will be probably on Cydia soon, but this is only for jailbroken devices...
- mike-cardwell 16y agoOn Android you'd be able to just put your app on your website and let people download it. Or email it to them as an attachment. Or any of the other traditional ways of distributing applications.
- Argorak 16y agoMind that this is only true for vanilla Android, not for all Android phones.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI didn't realise that. I thought that they all allowed apps to be installed from outside the market. How common is this restriction?
- CrazedGeek 16y agoAll AT&T phones have the restriction, as well as most Android ebook readers.
- code_duck 16y agoYes, in a stock iOS installation Apples App Store is the only way to install software. Each package must be digitally signed by Apple. That is what 'jailbreaking' is all about: exploiting a flaw in some existing software to execute an arbitrary binary which breaks that restriction. Then you can use third party software repos.