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+### PoC for a translation layer that would execute the abolute minimum of android-specific code necessary in order to run an android app on a Linux system
+
+---
+
+instructions: see Makefile
+
+##### FAQ:
+
+Q:  
+	did you ever notice that most apps nowadays use at least some .so libraries?  
+	some apps even use them for 99% of their functionality!  
+
+A:  
+	yep, and that *can* be tackled, see https://github.com/minecraft-linux/{mcpelauncher-linker, ...}  
+
+Q:  
+	hey! it errors out!  
+A:  
+	yup, we need to do some reimplementing :)  
+	for the PoC (simple sample app), just some basic stuff should be enough.  
+
+	Google did a lot of work for us already, by making a tool that can stub  
+	out all the source files. The stubbed out files are available in their Sdk,  
+	but it would be smart to just use the tool on the much better licensed  
+	original codebase.  
+
+##### Roadmap:
+
+first we need to gather a lot of volunteers, because the android abi is *huge*  
+
+then we need to settle on language / UI toolkit.  
+
+I would like to shim stuff to C for performance (kinda like Google already  
+does with C++ on newer implementations), and use GTK 4 for UI - because  
+that seems like a lot of fun, and we need to be honest with ourselves, why  
+would anyone help with this project if not for fun ;)