4 ms·

Cider: Native Execution of iOS Apps on Android [pdf]

15 points by jcr 12y ago

tmikaeld 12y ago
I wonder if it's going to be released, i hope as open source - would be harder for Apple for forcibly take down.
- jcr 12y ago
  I found some more information here: http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/cider/ http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/cider/ But I still haven't found any released code.
- Moto7451 12y ago
  I would expect that so long as it remains a project that only power users/experts play with and no one tries to sell an Android phone with it, it will be treated like Hackintoshes. Apple has sued into oblivion companies trying to sell them preassembled with OS X and whatnot but not groups involved in it like InsanelyMac. Really there's only upside to that: "Hey I love all these OS X/iOS Apps but I'm tired of having to deal with the middleware. I think I'll just buy the genuine article."
  - aroch 12y ago
    Many hackintoshers (myself included) own Apple laptops and have built ourselves desktops that are more powerful than the mac mini without costing as much as a Mac Pro (for the most part).
    - mahyarm 12y ago
      I agree. They need to fill the dual cpu mac for devs.
  - fredsted 12y ago
    Apple is really beginning to crack down on Hackintoshes recently, but in more subtle ways. For example, on lots of hackintoshes, you just can't send iMessages. The forums are full of people with this problem. In general iCloud stuff including App Store is finicky with "activation errors" and the like, but works flawless on "real" Apple hardware.
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frik 12y ago
I thought someone would come up with such an API layer, but by using GNUstep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUstep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUstep This reads like it is similar to how WineHQ and ReactOS works. (Edit: it's mentioned in the related works section)
wmf 12y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7741579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7741579

4 ms·

Cider: Native Execution of iOS Apps on Android [pdf]

15 points by jcr 12y ago

tmikaeld 12y ago
I wonder if it's going to be released, i hope as open source - would be harder for Apple for forcibly take down.
- jcr 12y ago
  I found some more information here: http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/cider/ http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/cider/ But I still haven't found any released code.
- Moto7451 12y ago
  I would expect that so long as it remains a project that only power users/experts play with and no one tries to sell an Android phone with it, it will be treated like Hackintoshes. Apple has sued into oblivion companies trying to sell them preassembled with OS X and whatnot but not groups involved in it like InsanelyMac. Really there's only upside to that: "Hey I love all these OS X/iOS Apps but I'm tired of having to deal with the middleware. I think I'll just buy the genuine article."
  - aroch 12y ago
    Many hackintoshers (myself included) own Apple laptops and have built ourselves desktops that are more powerful than the mac mini without costing as much as a Mac Pro (for the most part).
    - mahyarm 12y ago
      I agree. They need to fill the dual cpu mac for devs.
  - fredsted 12y ago
    Apple is really beginning to crack down on Hackintoshes recently, but in more subtle ways. For example, on lots of hackintoshes, you just can't send iMessages. The forums are full of people with this problem. In general iCloud stuff including App Store is finicky with "activation errors" and the like, but works flawless on "real" Apple hardware.
    - deleted 12y ago
      [deleted]
frik 12y ago
I thought someone would come up with such an API layer, but by using GNUstep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUstep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUstep This reads like it is similar to how WineHQ and ReactOS works. (Edit: it's mentioned in the related works section)
wmf 12y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7741579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7741579