Re: [tdf-discuss] LO & OO are not the only competitors of MSOffice... LO could also make a simple office suite that runs in Android & iOS

I just got my hands on the HTC desire us with android and as I was perusing
through the marketplace, I noticed open office writer available could we
fork that code and then merge any changes we have?
 On 8 Apr 2011 20:06, "Jaime R. Garza" <garzaj@gmail.com> wrote:
> For Android and iPhone it doesn't make sense to have the whole LO, only
> Clac, Writer & Impress are needed urgently!
>
> If LO manages to place those three apps for Android, ODF will gain
momentum.
> Cheers!
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 21:01, todd rme <toddrme2178@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Jonathan Aquilina
> > <eagles051387@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:36 AM, toki <toki.kantoor@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 06/04/2011 14:43, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > > > > How much of LO would need to be ported since android is linux based
as
> > > > is?
> > > >
> > > > Basically, it needs to be rewritten in a language that can be compiled
> > > > into Dalvik Bytecode.
> > > >
> > > > The usual language is Java, but at least one C++ compiler that
> > > > accomplishes the same effect exists.
> > >
> > > If one c++ compiler already exists then wouldnt it be easy as just
> > telling
> > > the compiler to compile?
> >
> > Almost certainly not, it most likely needs to be able to support the
> > proper Android APIs to work properly. And that is only to get it
> > working as-is, without any reworking of the UI to be better on a
> > touch-based device.
> >
> > -Todd
> >
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