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Now I truely wish there was a way because I want pocket god and I dont have the money to go out and buy an iphone...I have the Samsung Vibrant so the graphics would be awesome...I want Pocket God
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Any way to convert iPhone games to Android?
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Guyz we all no what Apple can do and other enterprises can't Apple is just unique in its own way.But now days Android is taking a rush with in 1 or 2 yrs i think we will be able to play any kind of games and can run any kind of appz.Hopefully early.!!!
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Guyz i hve Xperia x10 i want to cnfirm that if i root my phn will my battery life decreses or any other demerit.????
I m asking dis ques coz in Apple Iphone after jail break Battery Life decreases to HALF.
Guyz we all no what Apple can do and other enterprises can't Apple is just unique in its own way.But now days Android is taking a rush with in 1 or 2 yrs i think we will be able to play any kind of games and can run any kind of appz.Hopefully early.!!!
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Guyz i hve Xperia x10 i want to cnfirm that if i root my phn will my battery life decreses or any other demerit.????
I m asking dis ques coz in Apple Iphone after jail break Battery Life decreases to HALF.
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benly
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No, it isn't possible to get them to work on Android phones, nor can we ask someone to port them to Android, as that is copyright infringement. However, we can contact the original game developer and show our interest in their work by suggesting that they port it.
agree
JTL2
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adi19956
Android Expert
I wouldn't like this. A good bit of healthy competition keeps the prices down!
adi19956
Android Expert
seriously?! how? I love Minigore!Some apps were already ported by some guys. You can get Minigore for android as well, though it hasn't been officially released
Vanquished
Android Expert
Because all an emulator is doing is reading the game "cartrige" (ROM). Not all of the emulators work 100% of the time either, like the more graphically intense games on the PSX emulator.
Technically you can "emulate" other operating systems, like Mac on Windows or vice versa, but it takes tons of processing power, which phones don't have, so making an iOS app on Android (or vice versa) is both impractical and improbable, and most likely impossible.
What needs to happen are ports made by the developers. As someone has already said, if there is an iOS game you like, contact the developer in a civil manner and show them there is interest in the Android Market for their games.
Good thing Androids can run native C++ code then huh?
hansschmucker
Android Enthusiast
Well, it depends on who is the target audience... I generally categorize the different phone types like this:
Smartphone: PalmOS/Windows Mobile, Rooted iOS/Android
Dumbphone++: Android
Dumbphone+: iOS, Windows Phone
Why this order? A real smartphone for me is defined by the amount of control the user has over the system. After all, even dumbphones allow you to install applications, so it's not about apps per se, but about what those apps can do. On a real smartphone, the user is able to modify any part of the system... the system apps are in every way equal to third-party applications. The dumbphone is defined as a system where third party applications have only access to functionality specifically enabled for them.
On PalmOS/Windows Mobile you can patch any function call... you can implement your own memory management, your own graphics driver, you can hook into the button system and remap keys, you can patch the internet functions and add your own firewall or you can patch the filesystem functions and add your own filesystem support. There's no limit to what the user can do.
On Android, iOS or Windows Phone you can't do that. Each application is run in a protected context. Besides, there's plenty of functionality that's only available to the core system, with no way to implement that functionality without altering that system... which is impossible unless you've rooted your phone. The reason Android is slightly closer to the real smartphones is that the included applications are not really privileged over third-party applications. Basically you can replace any non-system component with one of your choice.
That's not to say that one is better than the other... you just need the right type of phone for the right person:
*My mother has a dumbphone, and she's happy that she gets basic services without worrying about any configuration. There's no choice, but there's also no way to get anything wrong.
*My brother has a iPhone and is happy because he likewise needs a phone that requires minimum maintenance, but he wants to extend it with typical tasks, like Wikipedia access, scientific calculator, synchronized calendar and so on and so forth.
*A couple of friends have standard Android devices that they're happy with it because of mostly the same reasons as my brother... but they like the option of taking control over their system, by using it in ways that it wasn't specifically designed for. Like having the launcher behave like their previous phone or having a third-party address-book or calendar.
*I have a rooted Android phone and am happy that I can get exactly what I want in exchange for a bit of additional maintenance.
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But back to the original topic:
It is possible to get iPhone programs to run on Android... same as with all those recent PC to MacOS game ports. These are still PC games, even if they run on a Mac. How can this be? Well, the hardware is the same, so all that's needed to run these games is something that behaves like Windows, so that when they say "WindowsCreateANewWindowForMe" there's something there that understands it and calls "MacOSCreateANewWindowForMe" instead. Of course it's not that simple, but you get the idea. In the case of the Windows-on-Mac games, this is provided by a special version of Wine (recursive acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator), but the concept also exists on mobile platforms. On Windows Mobile there's "StyleTap" for PalmOS apps and on WebOS there used to be "Classic" for the same purpose.
The problem is that the amount of work required to get such a compatibility layer up and running is directly proportional to the complexity of the guest system. PalmOS is based on a very, very primitive system architecture with one of the most minimalistic command sets available anywhere, that's why there are so many host environments. As you can guess, iOS is quite a bit more complex. It's still technically possible, but it's very, very expensive. Then there could be legal issues - copyright shouldn't be a problem, but getting around patent law conflicts would definitely not be easy in a field with such patent density.
So the basic offshot is this: it's possible, but don't count on it happening any time soon (or at all).
Smartphone: PalmOS/Windows Mobile, Rooted iOS/Android
Dumbphone++: Android
Dumbphone+: iOS, Windows Phone
Why this order? A real smartphone for me is defined by the amount of control the user has over the system. After all, even dumbphones allow you to install applications, so it's not about apps per se, but about what those apps can do. On a real smartphone, the user is able to modify any part of the system... the system apps are in every way equal to third-party applications. The dumbphone is defined as a system where third party applications have only access to functionality specifically enabled for them.
On PalmOS/Windows Mobile you can patch any function call... you can implement your own memory management, your own graphics driver, you can hook into the button system and remap keys, you can patch the internet functions and add your own firewall or you can patch the filesystem functions and add your own filesystem support. There's no limit to what the user can do.
On Android, iOS or Windows Phone you can't do that. Each application is run in a protected context. Besides, there's plenty of functionality that's only available to the core system, with no way to implement that functionality without altering that system... which is impossible unless you've rooted your phone. The reason Android is slightly closer to the real smartphones is that the included applications are not really privileged over third-party applications. Basically you can replace any non-system component with one of your choice.
That's not to say that one is better than the other... you just need the right type of phone for the right person:
*My mother has a dumbphone, and she's happy that she gets basic services without worrying about any configuration. There's no choice, but there's also no way to get anything wrong.
*My brother has a iPhone and is happy because he likewise needs a phone that requires minimum maintenance, but he wants to extend it with typical tasks, like Wikipedia access, scientific calculator, synchronized calendar and so on and so forth.
*A couple of friends have standard Android devices that they're happy with it because of mostly the same reasons as my brother... but they like the option of taking control over their system, by using it in ways that it wasn't specifically designed for. Like having the launcher behave like their previous phone or having a third-party address-book or calendar.
*I have a rooted Android phone and am happy that I can get exactly what I want in exchange for a bit of additional maintenance.
--------------------------------------
But back to the original topic:
It is possible to get iPhone programs to run on Android... same as with all those recent PC to MacOS game ports. These are still PC games, even if they run on a Mac. How can this be? Well, the hardware is the same, so all that's needed to run these games is something that behaves like Windows, so that when they say "WindowsCreateANewWindowForMe" there's something there that understands it and calls "MacOSCreateANewWindowForMe" instead. Of course it's not that simple, but you get the idea. In the case of the Windows-on-Mac games, this is provided by a special version of Wine (recursive acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator), but the concept also exists on mobile platforms. On Windows Mobile there's "StyleTap" for PalmOS apps and on WebOS there used to be "Classic" for the same purpose.
The problem is that the amount of work required to get such a compatibility layer up and running is directly proportional to the complexity of the guest system. PalmOS is based on a very, very primitive system architecture with one of the most minimalistic command sets available anywhere, that's why there are so many host environments. As you can guess, iOS is quite a bit more complex. It's still technically possible, but it's very, very expensive. Then there could be legal issues - copyright shouldn't be a problem, but getting around patent law conflicts would definitely not be easy in a field with such patent density.
So the basic offshot is this: it's possible, but don't count on it happening any time soon (or at all).
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Ok, I get your point, but who knows without iPhone we may have not had androids...
Think of it this way: iPhone is a pokemon that has evolved into a Android.
And just like how some like Pikachu better some like Raichu better.
daveybaby
Android Expert
Personally, I would never buy an iPhone. But: if i was developing games then the iPhone is a much more lucrative market than android.
You only have to design for one platform. Even though there are now more android phones out there than iphones, it is *massively* more difficult to develop for an support an android game or app - there are so many different phones with different specs and capabilities out there.
It's kinda like the consoles vs PCs thing: developers much prefer to develop for consoles, it's so much easier.
You only have to design for one platform. Even though there are now more android phones out there than iphones, it is *massively* more difficult to develop for an support an android game or app - there are so many different phones with different specs and capabilities out there.
It's kinda like the consoles vs PCs thing: developers much prefer to develop for consoles, it's so much easier.
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Yea, thats why iOS has so many more games but hopfully Ice Cream Sandwich will fix all that.
supermanlegend
Android Enthusiast
If you're developer the Unity Engine let's you transfer games to Android easily. All you can do as a user is ask. Yeah many developer seem like a they are sold to Apple, the but many get mad at Apples restrictions and come to Android too. Give it time. Also we need to Support our developers there are quite a few amazing exclusive we have that don't get high sales. But let it get popular on iphone 1st then everyone wants to buy it. How about we make iphone users want our games. Squibble is one game that comes to mind, Bouncy Mouse, Jewellust, Myth Defense,Grave Defense HD, etc.
I agree IOS games are much better than android but android does have a few good ones. but the apk im looking for is Mad wheels, this game is only available for the IOS platform and i would much appreciate if there was a way to convert this game in to a file appropriate for android.
So, i received an ipod touch as a present 2 years ago and bought Angry Birds Seasons. Now I got an HTC DHD. is there ANY way i can get my scores from the ipod to the android? like is there some file i can access on my ipod touch that holds all my scores and just put them on the android? Thanks in advance if anyone can help!
bennypole037
Lurker
Unity is a platform for creating 3D games and applications for web and iPhone OS. Company has recently released new software, but now in beta, dedicated to Android. The new SDK allows us to convert a game to make it compatible with iPhone OS and Android. Will be released in the Apple Store it in the Android Market. These are a number of features that the program provides:
Integrated Editor
Support for forthcoming Android devices, counting Tegra Tablets as well as the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY
Extremely Optimized Graphics Pipeline intended for OpenGL ES 2.0
Remote Android
Integrated Editor
Support for forthcoming Android devices, counting Tegra Tablets as well as the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY
Extremely Optimized Graphics Pipeline intended for OpenGL ES 2.0
Remote Android
bigbadwulff
Android Expert
And if your i-phone "breaks"(even simple-to-fix stuff), you have to take it to an Apple store to be fixed. Here, that is an 80-mile drive even though there are AT&T and Verizon stores all over town. 
shad0wboss
Member
ACTUALLY, it is possible, you know why?
An emulator would work if devs want to.
Galaxy S/Nexus S would be able to run this emulator since they have the same/better hardware than iphone 4.
Cortex A8 (iphone 4, galaxy s, nexus s)
SGX 535 (iphone 4)
SGX 540 (galaxy s, nexus s)
An emulator would work if devs want to.
Galaxy S/Nexus S would be able to run this emulator since they have the same/better hardware than iphone 4.
Cortex A8 (iphone 4, galaxy s, nexus s)
SGX 535 (iphone 4)
SGX 540 (galaxy s, nexus s)
nikeshshah
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i need slam king of iphone for my samsung galaxy S i9003 how can i get that
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