# Android Native Client
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-native-client/98944
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [October 7, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-native-client/98944 "2018-10-07T18:24:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@boredomdenied](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boredomdenied)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-native-client/98944/1 "2018-10-07T18:24:32Z")
Is there anything in the licensing that would restrict me from creating an Android app which fetches data from the API? I’m curious to work on a project which works as a front-end for android devices using native code and widgets. Certainly don’t want to waste my time working on something only to find out there’s a legal issue and it needs to be taken off the play store.
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-native-client/98944/2 "2018-10-07T19:38:37Z")
No issue doing this AFAIK.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-native-client/98944/3 "2018-10-07T20:27:58Z")
The only restriction is that it cannot be confused with an official Discourse app by name, and it cannot use our logo.
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### Author:  [@boredomdenied](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boredomdenied)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-native-client/98944/4 "2018-10-07T21:06:18Z")
Thanks for the replies. I’m trying to imagine the technical limitations here. There would need to be a strategy for dealing with plugins. Also breaking API changes. Initial thoughts are to only support latest discourse version if it’s too much efforts otherwise. Perhaps with plugins the built-in and most used could be coded for and the remaining could be _disabled_ sanely. Guess that’s a bit of experimentation to be done.