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Apple controls and chooses the hardware targets by itself. Android is open and the potential number of hardware targets is limitless. It's not just about the s
by hrjet 12y ago
Apple controls and chooses the hardware targets by itself.
Android is open and the potential number of hardware targets is limitless. It's not just about the size of the binaries; the app and the programmer should ideally be agnostic of the hardware. On an open-platform with closed-source applications, the least awkward way to do this is to push the native translation to the run-time.
- grey-area 12y agoIn practice, is the number of hardware targets larger than two or three? I doubt it would be a problem for google to certify hardware targets.
- tormeh 12y agoBut here's the kicker: The number of targets is a variable. Google would have to force developers to recompile for each new ISA. New ISAs keep getting added, many of them ARM ISAs that are not mutually compatible.