New Delhi: Android apps could already run on BlackBerry 10, but the runtime environment was built for Gingerbread apps, so BB10 users couldn't get many of those great 4.0+ apps for their phone.
All that is about to change as the Beta release of the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and Plug-in for Android Development Tools for BlackBerry 10.2 brings support for Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The company made the announcement on its official developer blog.
Android apps that had been available previously will remain, but Android apps on 4.2.2 have considerably improved since those dark days of Gingerbread.
In addition, some specific Jelly Bean features such as Fragments, embedded fragments, animation framework and hardware acceleration will also be supported in BB 10.2....
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