Why no Apps2SD?

[BobthePhotoGuy]

Why do so few ROMs have Apps2SD?

I am running CyanogenMod and using Apps2SD.

I want to try different ROMs but when I look at the the details, very few ROMs include Apps2SD.

Is there a reason? Is there something I am missing?

Bob

[titans]

It is because only Cyanogen and Cyanogen based ROMs support Apps2SD for the Droid. Cyanogen is built from source, most other ROMs are built off the official updates.

[BobthePhotoGuy]

I'm no programmer, is it really that hard to include Apps2SD in a ROM? I take it you can't just set it up as an APK?

[titans]

No it's very hard to do, even the folks at Google haven't been able to push out Apps2SD yet..

[srtfool32]

I'm no programmer, is it really that hard to include Apps2SD in a ROM? I take it you can't just set it up as an APK?

need to get the source code, add it in, edit a few files for boot and other things to make it work, then compile the rom. very few devs compile from source to add it in.

[boostdscoob]

its not at all difficult..
what exactly do you want apps2sd for?
i have over 200mb free space, and a class 2 sdcard. why would you want to kill your sdcard quicker, and have less than stellar app performance?
now if you have a class 10 maybe, i could see wanting it, but ive never, ever found a use for it.

[pdroid]

I used it for a while and it was really killing my performance. A quick check of /data/app reveals I have a ton of space even with 60+ apps. I guess if you have hundreds and hundreds of apps then this is something you might want.