am i naive?

[Guest h3dshot]

hi all ud it he rediculous to assume that the music player from the sony ericsson experia would work on pulse if i got it apk? i figured that due to them both being android it would be compattible(dunno how to spell it :huh:) or would there be hardware complications?

thanks

[Guest Stevos]

hi all ud it he rediculous to assume that the music player from the sony ericsson experia would work on pulse if i got it apk? i figured that due to them both being android it would be compattible(dunno how to spell it :huh:) or would there be hardware complications?

thanks

It might be possible, you'd have to give it a try to find out.

Potential complications I could imagine:

* If they somehow used proprietary APIs specific to SE they would not work on other phones.

* Even if it doesn't use proprietary APIs it might be otherwise linked into the ROM on the SE rather than an APK which could make extracting it in a portable form difficult. The only obvious reason for this would be to deter piracy.

* Given it's basically coded for only one phone, it may be hardcoded to use the SE screen resolution / aspect, or even if it's independent, the interface might not work well on a smaller screen if it's busy with design elements (I don't know the app)

* SE would probably take a dim view of this, as it almost certainly isn't licensed to be distributed or run on other hardware.

If you have the APK, give it a try, or there are some decent music apps knocking around the market.