{"id":61750,"date":"2016-06-08T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=61750"},"modified":"2016-06-08T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T10:37:38","slug":"finally-android-on-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/finally-android-on-the-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, Android on the iPhone thanks to this custom case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='730' height='441' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a1ivaxlbpmw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Remember when that guy Nick Lee ran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nas7hQQHDLs\">Windows 95 on the Apple Watch<\/a>? Well, he&#8217;s back, and this time he&#8217;s done another interesting crossover: running Android on the iPhone thanks to a custom-built case. Take a look at the video, and then we&#8217;ll dive into what&#8217;s really going on!<\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; is this an iPhone running Android? No, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/can-i-install-android-on-my-iphone\/\">of course not<\/a>. iOS can&#8217;t be ported to other systems, as only Apple have the source code. Instead, there&#8217;s some trickery going on here, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tendigi.com\/finally-android-on-the-iphone-99b0c8b3adc#.9vkgv4786\">dev reveals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/iphone-ios-android-hack-tendigi-nick-lee-1.0.jpeg\" alt=\"iphone-ios-android-hack-tendigi-nick-lee-1.0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/iphone-ios-android-hack-tendigi-nick-lee-1.0.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/iphone-ios-android-hack-tendigi-nick-lee-1.0-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/iphone-ios-android-hack-tendigi-nick-lee-1.0-768x379.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/iphone-ios-android-hack-tendigi-nick-lee-1.0-450x222.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the case, the developer stashed a small circuit board called the LeMaker HiKey, which is capable of running Android. There&#8217;s also a Lightning cable, a battery pack, a boost converter and a resistor. The HiKey\u00a0runs the Android Open Source Project (aka AOSP), so once it&#8217;s running things get pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>The board runs a VNC server app, sending images of the screen to the iPhone, which is running a custom VNC client app. The client software shows the images on the screen, and relays any touch inputs back to the HiKey board. If you&#8217;ve ever used remote access software like TeamViewer, RealVNC or Chrome Remote Desktop, this is basically the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>The effect is pretty cool: full screen Android being displayed on your iPhone. It&#8217;s a bit\u00a0laggy as the video demonstrates, but this is an inevitable part of\u00a0streaming your OS to a different computer rather than running it natively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-nCfafmLcrdKm1iwa9JhA0w.jpeg\" alt=\"1-nCfafmLcrdKm1iwa9JhA0w\" width=\"1200\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-nCfafmLcrdKm1iwa9JhA0w.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-nCfafmLcrdKm1iwa9JhA0w-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-nCfafmLcrdKm1iwa9JhA0w-768x447.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1-nCfafmLcrdKm1iwa9JhA0w-450x262.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s a pretty impressive feat, considering the grunt work involved to get the software working and 3D printing an enclosure to keep everything in&#8230; even if you&#8217;re left with a super-thick iPhone running a laggy version of Android!<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the project? 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