Hi everyone! I'm a 19yo solo developer and my side project is called Phoam! (And I’m not a video editor so I tried my best here lmao) To start, Apple hates side loaded apps, making it nearly impossible for everyday users to run apps from other operating systems within its environment. Apple also dropped support for 32b apps many years ago, leaving tons of nostalgic games completely unplayable without using an ancient iPhone. Android also no longer supports 32b apps on modern devices, meaning having an APK for an app is not enough to play it again. And while it should be more open access in theory, Google has recently been pushing to close down access to installing arbitrary apks onto your own phone!! (See “Keep Android Open”) So I built Phoam. It runs old Android and iPhone apps right in the browser, and you can add them to your Home Screen like a normal app. Nothing gets installed and nothing gets sideloaded. The idea started back with me being a little script kiddie and searching how to run apk online, obviously finding no results. I knew about projects like wine and ruffle that had made software run in a way it was never designed to, and one day I just decided to start my own engine! I've always liked the idea that if it ran on one machine at some point, it should also run on another. Right now two games work publicly: Replica Island (Android, 2010) and Explora Ball (iPhone). That's what's in the video, both running on my iPhone. You can try them yourself, with no account here: https://phoam.app/demos It’s veryyyy early in the project but I’m excited to see how far I can take it! Theres also a separate demo video on my website. All of this is supposed to be impossible btw I am working on this project alone and haven't really spoken to anyone else that's a developer about it. If you're one, please reach out. Or anyone really that wants to talk! I love to read everything and respond to everyone. Thank you for your time 🙏   submitted by   /u/phoamapp [link]   [comments]