Custom Android on Playbook. Has anyone tried?

**nibras.me** · 04-26-2012, 04:57 AM

So, has anyone tried porting different Android versions or custom ROMs to Playbook? And, I'm talking about the possibility of adding a custom Android player and not about replacing QNX with Android. I just realized that Android Player is actually Playbook app developed with the NDK. So, am guessing, making a custom Android player shouldn't be too hard since Android is open source. Has anyone tried this?

**xsacha** · 04-26-2012, 05:03 AM

It needs to be signed with RIMs signatured to be allowed to run as Android.
Hence, no, no one can do this.

**nibras.me** · 04-26-2012, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by xsacha

It needs to be signed with RIMs signatured to be allowed to run as Android.
Hence, no, no one can do this.

It'd need RIM signature only if it's to work as the traditional Android Player. I mean, traditional Android Player has access to other bar files. However, what about a new emulator that is separate from the existing Android Player? Something that works within QNX but doesn't necessarily fully integrate with QNX?