{"id":33184,"date":"2021-07-21T16:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33184"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:01:41","slug":"windows-11-android-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/21\/windows-11-android-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11: Android Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Warren<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Android apps will run natively on Windows 11 and will be downloadable from Amazon’s Appstore, via the new Windows store<\/a> that’s included in the operating system.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Microsoft is also partnering with Intel to use its Intel Bridge technology to make this a reality, although the Android apps will still work with both AMD and Arm-based systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Presumably, the bridge is only necessary for the parts of the apps compiled for ARM, and the Java bytecode can just run in a Windows JVM.<\/p>\n\n

Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I hope Microsoft goes beyond simply running Android apps in a VM; provide a path towards a native-feeling Fluent Windows app, like Catalyst does for UIKit apps on the Mac. Is it an also-ran, or is it the future of consumer app development on Windows?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n