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From: Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: iphone vs. android drivers?
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:54:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:10:50 -0500, micky wrote:

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> 
> How hard can it be to write an Android version of an iphone app?  Is the
> connection protocol with the stimulator inside me different?  Would the
> stimulator have to be changed too, or would Android phones communicate
> with other devices using the same protocol that iPhones do?
> 
No idea - depends on all sorts of things, including contractual and 
licensing. Somewhere between 'not easy' and 'very hard' at a guess.
> 
> Even if a separate style stimulator would also be needed, how hard is it
> to modify the programs to work on an Android phone.  It sounds simple to
> me. In PC language, only the drivers would have to be changed, because
> they interface between the software and the hardware.  Isnt' it already
> well known what changes need to be made in iphone vs. android drivers?
> (There is a remote control that they probably intend for me to use, but
> the app does much more.)

What you should ask is - what minimum version of iOS does the app need? If 
it runs on an oldish iPhone just buy a cheap one. Someone will probably 
give you one - I've never paid for an iPhone yet. But I might, if I had 
your back problem.
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