Huawei will 'break ties' with Android apps.

Since the restrictions in 2019, Huawei has been forced to adapt its software to the new situation, completely bypassing Google's service framework to form HarmonyOS – a modified version of Android with its own code and compatibility with .APK files (although its code later renamed the file format).

HarmonyOS Next, to be released in Q1 2024, will no longer support .APK files.

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Now, according to the China Morning Post , Huawei wants to take it a step further. HarmonyOS Next is the successor to HarmonyOS and is a "pure" version of HarmonyOS without the Android libraries, replacing the current versions of the platform.

When HarmonyOS was first launched, Huawei claimed it wasn't Android. However, subsequent research revealed that most of the operating system's interface was based on Android and rebranded within file packages to disguise it as its own. The App Gallery itself is a repository of .APK files, identical to those found on Android. The main APIs, native system functions… everything has its Android origins.

However, according to Chinese sources, several major Chinese technology companies (JD.com, NetEase, and Meituan) are encouraging Huawei to sever ties with Android and hire developers to create its own applications based on HarmonyOS. The goal is to break the relationship with Android and make the system 100% independent.

As a result, the developers were invited by Huawei to attend a conference to test the incompatibility of HarmonyOS Next with APK files. These developers asserted that HarmonyOS Next was developed by Huawei itself and ceased using AOSP code.

Following the developer conference in China last August, where HarmonyOS was introduced in its fourth version, Huawei confirmed that the development of native applications is complete, with the .HAP format being the default in HarmonyOS.

The first preview of HarmonyOS Next is expected to be released in Q1 2024, a version in which the operating system will no longer be compatible with Android apps – a move aimed at increasingly moving away from Google's operating system and towards a fully developed ecosystem in China.

Source link: https://thanhnien.vn/huawei-se-doan-tuyet-voi-ung-dung-android-185231115094727192.htm