For a while, I have had this idea of combining Android and Linux together. I have not started on any development for this operating system because I have a couple thoughts blocking my process. A) is there even a demand or need for it? and B) is it even possible? Currently, I am not very skillful at programming but the purpose of this post is to gather your input and decide what to do from there. I would love anyone's feedback on the matter in the comments or sending me an email at jessephilipwalling@gmail.com
Linux and Android together as one?
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Re: Linux and Android together as one?
#2Android IS a linux system already.
So it's C) there's nothing to do.
Re: Linux and Android together as one?
#3Android IS a linux system already. So it's C) there's nothing to do.
Terms need to be better defined. Android uses a Linux kernel. But Android completely cutoff the typical user land that Linux devs/users expect. Android replaced all the good user land C stuff with their own JavaVM (Dalvik) which has terrible repercussions for developers. Android replaced glibc with Bionic, which doesn't even pretend to be ANSI compliant. It is impossible to write an Android app in pure C (NDK) and you must always go through Java/Dalvik.
That said, the only way to fix these problems is to fork/redesign/rewrite Android.
Re: Linux and Android together as one?
#4There are vendors who will integrate Android's app runtime with your Linux-based mobile device OS. Jolla is using such a product from Myriad. Open Mobile Worldwide has demo'ed an integration with Tizen and announced commercial availability for older WebOS devices.