Develop a single Android app using the tools and APIs you already know. MechDome automatically converts the Android app into iOS and OS X apps without engineering work. No need for proprietary IDEs or to learn private APIs.
Your iOS and OS X apps are ready the moment your Android app is done.
It's not emulation or virtualization. Your app runs natively and behaves the users expect.
Although not all apps will be able to run on iOS/iosx, this is due to restrictions, apps that needs Google play services won't run because of Google play absence which is available only to android user's, except if they could go further in modding Google play for iOS, and also code it in the sense that it will with behave just the way it functions on android.
How to convert Android apps to iOS and OSX using MechDome
The concept of MechDome is pretty simple. All you need to do is to send an APK file to MechDome, no source code at all. Their tool automatically will compile another standalone app for iOS and OSX. The app is ready to distribute on Apple’s App Store.
On an interview for XDA developers, the MechDome founder and CEO, Mario Kosmiskas explained that their tool works perfect and they made some live demonstrations to prove that it works. Although he explained that still there are some limitations because of the fundamental differences between how iOS and Android operate.
There are some apps that are produces using MechDome tool. They’re live on Apple App Store. We can mention the open-source Reddit client RedReader and an open-source Sudoku client to prove it works.
The biggest goal of Mech Dome
The biggest goal of MechDome is to make it possible for all Android apps to convert an unmodified Android app into a native iOS or OSX app. Thanks to this amazing tool you don’t need to get familiar with any C-library because the tool will handle everything for you.
The MechDome’s tool also manage pretty well the UI details so there is no need to use a UI builder to modify Android Apps. This means that Android apps designed for tablets will be converted into a format nicely suitable on iPads.
MechDome is also working hard to create such a tool that will fully convert an Android app to iOS and OXS in that manner that the users of the target OS system are familiar. So this means the Android share menu will be replaced with the native share sheet in iOS and if applicable, the ability to use air drop. The options that intend to open an app on Android device will open an app on the iOS device.
In other words all hardware functionality required for the use of an Android app will be mapped directly to use the relevant hardware in iOS. They to intend to make the tool to fully convert Android apps to iOS or OSX with all their functionalities.
MechDome Limitations
But as we said previously there are some limitations because of the nature how iOS works. The biggest challenge of an Android developer when converting an Android app to iOS, is how to handle the background service. iOS is more stringent when it comes to the background services that third-party applications can run. Furthermore the rich system present in Android that allows for inter-apps to communication is missing on iOS.
Google Play Services API also is not supported, so the apps relying on Google services will not fuction. This means that developers will be limited to functionality when convert Android apps to iOS. It might not be a significant problem for most apps and games.
Currently MechDome is having a free public beta program. All the developers can register their app on the MechDome website to receive an invite to test converting their Android app. You may be thinking about the price of this great tool that will convert Android apps to iOS in seconds, but the price is not unveiled yet. The MechDome project is in its early stage and it seems interesting so you would better stay tuned to learn more how it goes..
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