LibreOffice is coming to Android

Posted by the_doctor on Aug 9, 2014 11:56 AM EDT
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I've been hoping to see this headline for some time now. At the first LibreOffice Conference, the Document Foundation announced its plans to migrate LibreOffice to mobile devices. The plan didn't include a total rewrite of the code, but repurposing at least 90% of the current code base. That meant the majority of the work was already done. That last remaining 10%? The user interface. The 90% already compiles on Android -- so there is a working model. Of course, what good is a working model without an interface to go along with it?

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Nice port, but who needs it? theBeez 6 1,385 Aug 17, 2014 6:38 PM

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