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Firefox Android on Playbook

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Gnug222
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When will Firefox Android Mobile be recompiled for the Android window on Playbook? Is their a sideload available?

When will Firefox Android Mobile be recompiled for the Android window on Playbook? Is their a sideload available?

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Kevin
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As I understand the Playbook's ability to run Android apps is limited to pure Java applications. Firefox makes use of Android's native development kit (NDK) to use C and C++ code and thus not able to run on the Playbook.