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2020-11-11 |
UBports working on Anbox to get Android apps running |
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The UBports team has published an update on work going into their mobile operating system, new devices being supported, and improvements to their automated system installer. One point which came up in the report is an overview of the challenges of getting Android applications, like Whatsapp, to run on open source platforms: "When will UT support Whatsapp? Well, Facebook could create a UT app for us - but that is vanishingly unlikely. They could open their API - also highly unlikely. The only real option is Anbox and that is not at all in a good state. We do want to get it working properly though and the good news is that we have a developer who is about to join us, specifically to work on Anbox. That doesn't mean it will be fixed any time soon but at least we will make a start. 'Working' where Whatsapp is concerned means very basic message functionality, without push notifications, media etc. Very bare bones in other words. Whatsapp web via Morph is an option but it does requires that you are running an authorized app on a device somewhere simultaneously." |
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