[Q] run froyo or gingerbread apps in honeycomb?

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Can you run ANY 2.2 or 2.3 apps in Android 3.0? For example, do they have the same Android market?
Thanks

Originally Posted by Dyskmaster

Can you run ANY 2.2 or 2.3 apps in Android 3.0? For example, do they have the same Android market?
Thanks

Yes, for the most part, the same apps show up in the market. They still work, but aren't optimized for the tablet's screen space.

Originally Posted by timtlm

Yes, for the most part, the same apps show up in the market. They still work, but aren't optimized for the tablet's screen space.

They don't use the same API's that the Honeycomb apps can use, but I've seen some apps for froyo and gingerbread that look good on the bigger screen. Android is similar to webos in the way that apps can scale themselves based on screen size vs the iphone apps that are made for the smaller screen or larger screen.

Some apps, like Pandora, lose no functionality and work just fine, but have images or fixed pixel sections which don't scale correctly. It's the same on a 2.2 based tablet as well though.

The only app i tried that i ever had to force close was RAC traffic,
It was widgets i had an issue with, they either didn't update or looked really small.