The software is capable of launching iOS apps (iBooks, Overcast, etc.). Instead, the developers have come up with a technique that takes over the libraries and framework of an iOS application and tricks apps into believing that they’re installed on Apple’s XNU kernel, rather than Android’s. It is a software architecture that cannot be compared to a virtual machine through which iOS apps would be milled. Developed by six students from Columbia University, the Cider Emulator is a software that allows iOS applications to work within Android.
