Will the new 2.1 release support more android apps - by which i mean will some that previously didnt work, now start to work or will there be no change?
Back in May this was the list of new features listed for 2.1 beta
There are three major enhancements to the Android™ Runtime in 2.1.0:
Each Android app will now run in its own window. This greatly improves the user experience and consistency among the other application runtimes.
Access to the Camera hardware is now supported for Android apps, allowing many more application types to work on the BlackBerry� PlayBook™ tablet.
In-App Payment is now supported through the BlackBerry Payment SDK, so Android applications can include virtual items for sale in their applications.
So, if i had an app that didnt work on .668 it still wont work on the new OS,right?
You never know.. iReader used to work at somepoint.. then it broke with an update and hasn't worked since..
So most likely it won't work but always worth a try..
I have a game that would love to play but it even if it "works"(opens) it just stays in black screen with a moving circle. I have left it to "load" for a while but has always stayed the same. Let's hope it works...
There was talk from RIM, at one point, of blocking android sideloading in 2.1. As an anti-piracy measure. All new android stuff would need to be installed through AppWorld, already installed android apps would remain. Just wondering if they did that, since most android stuff hasn't made it into appworld, yet. And a few would "go south", requiring a sideloading reinstall to get them working, again.
There was talk from RIM, at one point, of blocking android sideloading in 2.1. As an anti-piracy measure. All new android stuff would need to be installed through AppWorld, already installed android apps would remain. Just wondering if they did that, since most android stuff hasn't made it into appworld, yet. And a few would "go south", requiring a sideloading reinstall to get them working, again.
RIM clarified that it was never their intention to do that..