Is there an ETA for LibreOffice for Android?

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Sat, 03 May 2014 - 10:41 PM
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I just got my first Android phone and would like to take some of my LibreOffice Writer and Calc documents around with me. I found a web page from 2012 proclaiming that there would be an Android version of LibreOffice. Is it ready yet? If not, is there an ETA on it?
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Sun, 04 May 2014 - 2:20 AM
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no ETA
It was advertised early-2013 as being “close to release” thus I have offered dates of late 2013 / early 2014, but there have evidently been some unforseen issues delaying the release. I am not aware of the exact progress other than that available via these primary sources:

There are many problems associated with getting a desktop application the size of LO slimmed down to the point where it will run and be distributable (<50Mb) via Google Play.

EDIT 2016-02-15: Generally improve post and links.

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Mon, 12 May 2014 - 9:44 AM
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Look for AndrOpenOffice in
Look for AndrOpenOffice in Google Play.
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Thu, 17 Jul 2014 - 10:29 AM
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update
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… there have evidently been some unforseen issues delaying the release.
At last we have some illustrative examples showing the degree to which LO for Android is making progress. The recent blog entry by Tomaž Vajngerl indicates the delays have been due to rebasing on Mozilla code. An ODF viewer is expected first which will then be enhanced to provide editing functionality. Key quote:

By the time of LibreOffice 4.4 we should have a working and polished document viewer application ready.

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Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 8:42 AM
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further updates
2014-08-19: Second blog entry by Tomaž Vajngerl indicating support for Impress and Draw documents.

2014-09-04: TDF blog entry seeking tender from 3rd parties to:

develop the base framework for an Android version of LibreOffice with basic editing capabilities to start work as soon as possible.

2014-09-11: Further blog entry by Andrzej Hunt showing rendering of Calc documents.

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Mon, 02 Feb 2015 - 8:15 AM
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hopefully i can create some
hopefully i can create some LO extension on android platform. Really cool!
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Tue, 17 Mar 2015 - 2:41 AM
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latest news
2014-10-02 Subsequent blog entry by Jacobo Aragunde Pérez (Igalia) on the LO ODF Viewer.

2015-01-22 FOSDEM presentation by Jacobo Aragunde Pérez (Igalia).

2015-01-27 First blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on tiled editing required for Android operability. Also results for three of the four package tenders by TDF to develop LO on Android.

2015-02-04 FOSDEM presentation by Miklos Vajna (Collabora).

2015-02-09 Second blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on tiled editing required for Android operability.

2015-02-27 Third blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on tiled editing required for Android operability.

2015-03-05 Further blog entry by Jacobo Aragunde Pérez (Igalia) on cloud storage and email sharing for the LO Android app.

2015-03-17 Blog entry by Jacobo Aragunde Pérez (Igalia) on creating document providers.

2015-03-19 Fourth blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on tiled editing required for Android operability.

2015-04-02 Fifth blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on tiled editing required for Android operability.

EDIT 2016-02-15: Reformat post for greater clarity and fix a broken link.

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Sat, 25 Apr 2015 - 9:02 PM
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prototype editor
2015-04-21: A recent blog entry by Collabora showcases the state of the LO Editor (prototype) for Android.
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Mon, 15 Feb 2016 - 2:51 AM
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I’m very excited by this
I’m very excited by this thread. Any more recent announcements?
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Mon, 15 Feb 2016 - 5:36 AM
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more news
I have updated my first post at the head of this thread for greater clarity. Here are also a few more updates:

2015-09-11 blog entry by Jacobo Aragunde Pérez (Igalia) on saving to the cloud and implementing support for a menu and the back button.

2015-09-25 blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on LibreOffice Conference presentation of porting LO to Android.

2015-10-20 blog entry by Miklos Vajna (Collabora) on flat ODF support.

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