BlueStacks' Android App Player for Mac Moves into Beta with Support for All 750,000+ Apps

[wescravn]

Sorry but your wrong. They are more pro for several reasons.

1) Java is a bag of hurt. Any developer will tell you that. It claims to be cross-platform, but really sucks at that task. Java apps are NOWHERE near Objective-C apps which are low level. It's trying to compare apples to oranges (no pun intended)

2) The performance of java vs Objective C isn't anywhere near close. Objective-C compiles down to low-level. Java is compiled to a class file, and doesn't have the low-level features of C++ or Objective-C

3) The apps look horrible. Have you compared ios vs java apps. There is no comparison. IOS wins. It has support for Pro-Level graphics, while the JAVA API doesn't support native 3D and higher level graphics functions

4) Objective-C is way faster than java, and the performance is much faster. Why because Objective-C is compiled down to low-level machine code, which java is compiled to a class file, and then uses a java VM to execute the code.

SO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE POSTING

Originally Posted by rmwebs

They would be no more crappy than the iOS ones...dont start thinking for 1 second that iOS apps are any more "pro" than Android apps

----------



Probably for the same reason they would want to run iOS apps on the desktop.

Silly question really...

[KnightWRX]

Originally Posted by wescravn

Sorry but your wrong. They are more pro for several reasons.

1) Java is a bag of hurt. Any developer will tell you that. It claims to be cross-platform, but really sucks at that task. Java apps are NOWHERE near Objective-C apps which are low level. It's trying to compare apples to oranges (no pun intended)

2) The performance of java vs Objective C isn't anywhere near close. Objective-C compiles down to low-level. Java is compiled to a class file, and doesn't have the low-level features of C++ or Objective-C

3) The apps look horrible. Have you compared ios vs java apps. There is no comparison. IOS wins. It has support for Pro-Level graphics, while the JAVA API doesn't support native 3D and higher level graphics functions

4) Objective-C is way faster than java, and the performance is much faster. Why because Objective-C is compiled down to low-level machine code, which java is compiled to a class file, and then uses a java VM to execute the code.

SO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE POSTING

Maybe you should. Here are a few starting points :

Cross platform compatibility for the latest J2SE 7 JRE release.

Java Performance and Low-level compilation myth debunked - Hotspot shipped in Java 1.3

Other source for Java performance

High level 3D graphics API for Java

If you don't know about Java, please don't troll about Java. Now, since Android has nothing to do with Java aside from the language, what was the point of your post ? Android is built using Dalvik as a virtual machine using the Android runtime and the Apache Foundation's Harmony project for baseline J2SE compatible classes, not Oracle's Java HotSpot compiler and JRE.

Android implements OpenGL ES 2.0 for graphics work and Dalvik supports hardware acceleration of these graphics sub-routines.

Now you've got quite a bit of reading to do, I suggest you get to it. Your further responses in this thread will tell us if you were just serious but uneducated or just looking to start an argument with baseless comments.

[Oletros]

Originally Posted by wescravn

SO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE POSTING

Since the only thing about Java on Android is the syntax, the one that has to do research is not him, it is you.

[lkrupp]

Originally Posted by HiRez

Why the hell would anyone want to run Android apps on their desktop?

Yep, just imagine what an app designed for a 4" screen would look like on a 24 or 27" iMac. Makes me shudder to think about it when I consider what an iPhone only optimized app looks like on an iPad.

[Oletros]

Originally Posted by lkrupp

Yep, just imagine what an app designed for a 4" screen would look like on a 24 or 27" iMac. Makes me shudder to think about it when I consider what an iPhone only optimized app looks like on an iPad.

Do you always maximize every application?

[rmwebs]

Originally Posted by wescravn

Sorry but your wrong. They are more pro for several reasons.

1) Java is a bag of hurt. Any developer will tell you that. It claims to be cross-platform, but really sucks at that task. Java apps are NOWHERE near Objective-C apps which are low level. It's trying to compare apples to oranges (no pun intended)

2) The performance of java vs Objective C isn't anywhere near close. Objective-C compiles down to low-level. Java is compiled to a class file, and doesn't have the low-level features of C++ or Objective-C

3) The apps look horrible. Have you compared ios vs java apps. There is no comparison. IOS wins. It has support for Pro-Level graphics, while the JAVA API doesn't support native 3D and higher level graphics functions

4) Objective-C is way faster than java, and the performance is much faster. Why because Objective-C is compiled down to low-level machine code, which java is compiled to a class file, and then uses a java VM to execute the code.

SO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE POSTING

Oh dear

I'm not even going to bother trying to explain where you went wrong there. You may as well have pasted a load of Lorem Ipsum into your post.

[Ivangf2]

I can´t download anything in bluestacks it says "no app found, please check network connectivity" and I want to download whatsapp

Have anyone downloaded it already?

[louis.b]

Tried this out. For some reason I could not find any app in the Android market, whose icon was the old Android market... I tried downloading the apps from other stores. They work ok I guess but I wouldnt call it good yet. Why doesnt anyone try to make iOS apps available for mac OS? iOS apps are so much better.

[KnightWRX]

Originally Posted by louis.b

Why doesnt anyone try to make iOS apps available for mac OS? iOS apps are so much better.

Because aside from the "Whatsapp" case or specific games, there is very little use in iOS apps running on Mac OS (just like there's very little use in Android apps).

[louis.b]

Originally Posted by KnightWRX

Because aside from the "Whatsapp" case or specific games, there is very little use in iOS apps running on Mac OS (just like there's very little use in Android apps).

And yet there is so much more use in Android apps running on Mac OS? I see.

[KnightWRX]

Originally Posted by louis.b

And yet there is so much more use in Android apps running on Mac OS? I see.

Uh ? I said the exact opposite in my post. I said there is very little use for Android apps as well. Why are you responding with this ?

[louis.b]

Originally Posted by KnightWRX

Uh ? I said the exact opposite in my post. I said there is very little use for Android apps as well. Why are you responding with this ?

oopz. Missed that lol

I used to think like you. But I've realized that many apps that I love on my iphone don't have an equivalent laptop version, such as flipboard, instagram, and other GPS-based apps.

[KnightWRX]

Originally Posted by louis.b

oopz. Missed that lol

I used to think like you. But I've realized that many apps that I love on my iphone don't have an equivalent laptop version, such as flipboard, instagram, and other GPS-based apps.

Instagram ? Uh ? Your laptop or desktop isn't exactly a camera... And plenty of navigation apps on a laptop... not that it's actually useful...

A lot of the apps themselves depend on the form factor as much as the platform. There are no "equivalents" because frankly no one takes pictures with a desktop computer/laptop.

[louis.b]

Originally Posted by KnightWRX

Instagram ? Uh ? Your laptop or desktop isn't exactly a camera... And plenty of navigation apps on a laptop... not that it's actually useful...

A lot of the apps themselves depend on the form factor as much as the platform. There are no "equivalents" because frankly no one takes pictures with a desktop computer/laptop.

Taking picture is just ONE of MANY things you can do on instgram. You can also upload and edit photos from your gallery or interact with people you follow. That's why it's called a social networking site.

You need to get a grip.

[KnightWRX]

Originally Posted by louis.b

Taking picture is just ONE of MANY things you can do on instgram. You can also upload and edit photos from your gallery or interact with people you follow. That's why it's called a social networking site.

Plenty of ways to do that on a PC/Mac desktop/laptop already, don't need the Instagram app to do that. And I'll had, the applications that exist for it are much more feature complete and easy to use.

Hence, no need for the mobile version of the Instagram app. That's what I mean.

[DrNoellyG]

Originally Posted by Ivangf2

I can´t download anything in bluestacks it says "no app found, please check network connectivity" and I want to download whatsapp

Have anyone downloaded it already?

Same here, it's been going on for weeks now.

Originally Posted by Amenic

Niiiiice!!

Btw, i'm getting an error (check network connectivity) when i try to install apps with bluestack, anyone has this issue?

Yes. It has been the case since December.