Android App Player

Android Apps Showing Up In BlackBerry App World Without Developers Permission

February 27, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

One of the cool features of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is its Android App Player which allows you to run select Android Apps that have been submitted to BlackBerry App World.

It looks like, however, some Android Apps have been submitted to BlackBerry App World without actual developer knowledge or permission.

Popular third party Android web browser, Dolphin HD, by developer MoboTap, was submitted to BlackBerry App World by white lable mobile app store Handster (a subsidary of Opera), without MoboTap’s knowledge or permission.

BlackBerry Packager for Android now available for download…

October 18, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

We just saw a video of BlackBerry Packager for Android this morning, and, now the utility developers will use to repackage their Android Applications so that they can run on the BlackBerry PlayBook is available for download.

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Porting Android apps to run on the BlackBerry PlayBook seems easy enough…

October 18, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

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Research in Motion has released a couple of videos detailing the process developers need to go through to port their Android Applications over to the BlackBerry PlayBook. In the first video RIM introduces BlackBerry Packager for Android, and, we’ve got to admit, the process seems pretty easy and straight forward.

What the Android App Player for BlackBerry PlayBook won’t do…

September 28, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

Research in Motion officially announced Android application support for the BlackBerry PlayBook back in March before the tablet was released, and, 7 months later we still don’t have an Android App Player. RIM did say, however, during their Q2 Fiscal 2011 earnings call, that we would see preview of the Android App Player next month during BlackBerry DevCon and that the Player would be released along with BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0 shortly thereafter.

RIM is actually talking more about the Android App Player and starting to detail the features and functionality it will support when it comes to Android. What RIM has been saying, however, has those anxious to get their hands on the Android App, asking less about when the Android support will be available, and, more about just home much Android support PlayBook users will get…

Android App Player for BlackBerry PlayBook may be on schedule after all

August 4, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

A rumor started floating around yesterday that the Android App Player for BlackBerry PlayBook, which, RIM said would be out this summer, had actually been delayed and wouldn’t be out until “late fall”. CrackBerry Kevin, however, has a different take and still believes that that Android App Player is on schedule…

Android App Player for BlackBerry PlayBook delayed until late fall

August 3, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 8 Comments

Back in March before the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook Research in Motion officially announced the Android App Player which allows Android applications to run in a virtual machine on the QNX powered BlackBerry PlayBook. We were told that the PlayBook would support native Android Applications by this summer, however, a reliable Engadget source is reporting that the Android App Player for BlackBerry PlayBook has been delayed until “late fall”.

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Android App Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook inadvertently leaked by RIM

July 21, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 4 Comments

Via a change log found in BlackBerry Desktop Software, a link to a beta build the Android App Player for BlackBerry PlayBook was found, and for several hours today, downloadable from the BlackBerry.com website. Research in Motion has since pulled the pre-release version of the Android App Player and has released this official statement.