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Can I install an iOS application on an Android smartphone?

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Question added by Lina Samer , Digital Media Graphic Designer , iDirection
Date Posted: 2015/12/03
Syed Atif Jamil
by Syed Atif Jamil , Senior Software Developer , 10 Pearls

NO. iOS is operating system and iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch are using iOS operating system. While Android smartphone are using Android Operating System. So iOS application (which extension is .ipa) are compiled for iOS. While Android can run .apk file because .apk file complied for Android OS. Same like you can not run windows application (.exe) file on android or iOS because .exe file compiled for Windows Operating System.

 

If you want to create an application for multi platform that is different question. And yes you can do it.

Gireesh Kondapurath
by Gireesh Kondapurath , Senior iOS Application Developer , NextGen Web Services

It is not possible to install an iOS app on android phone as iOS Applications are designed to work on iPhone OS(iOS).

Deleted user
by Deleted user

In a normal case, you can't install an IOS application on an android phone, each OS has a different core than the other, but there are some tools those try to compile application from other OS, but till now they still weak and useless

EsMaT Nader Shahin
by EsMaT Nader Shahin , Information Security Engineer , Ministry of Communication and information Technology

i am not sure ... but till now u cant 

Hussam Al-Mahoozi
by Hussam Al-Mahoozi , Technical Lead + Senior Mobile Developer , Muli Mobile Limited

This will only be possible if the application has been developed as a cross platform / hybrid / or web application. There are some tools that "attempt" to automatically port the iOS code to android code, but they don't really do a clean job.

Mohammed Naveeduddin
by Mohammed Naveeduddin , Secretary , Abdullah A. Baghaffar Sons Co., Ltd

Not possible, Android platform only supports .apk format

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