LibreOffice is Coming to Android

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I’ve been hoping to see this headline for some time now. At the first LibreOffice Conference, the Document Foundation announced its plans to migrate LibreOffice to mobile devices. The plan didn’t include a total rewrite of the code, but repurposing at least 90% of the current code base…

There is no set release date at this point. Until the developers get the file size below the Google limit, they are unable to predict a release. Until then, however, we’ll just have to sit back and wait — and hope this happens across the Google landscape. Even though LibreOffice would be in direct competition with Google Docs, it’s clear that there are some users who not only need native ODF support, but rely on a more traditional office suite to fulfill those needs.

Read more at Tech Republic.