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Ex-Sun Employees Are Taking Java To iOS

Posted by timothy on from the drinking-the-beans dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ex-Sun employees did what Sun/Oracle failed to do since the iPhone launched. They brought Java to iOS and other mobile devices. They are getting major coverage from Forbes, DDJ, hacker news and others. They are taking a unique approach of combining a Swing-like API with a open source and SaaS based solution."

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  1. Re:No, thanks. by gbjbaanb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Um.. you realize that every Android application is written in Java, and there are quite a few exceptional Android applications.

    I think you'd be surprised at how many of those are written using the NDK. Download addon detector and look for yourself (its an app typically used to check an app doesn't include some dodgy notification-based ad networks, but it also shows you a load of other interesting info). 80% of the games I have on my phone are NDK based, they're the ones that are responsive and fast.

  2. Separation of model and view by tepples · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Then write a Swing front-end, which runs on J2SE platforms, using the same application logic as your Android application. If your application's model and view are separated correctly, this shouldn't be hard.

  3. Re:Not entirely useful by owlstead · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is certainly true, but most of the libraries that are used for core functionality of applications (at least if your application is not just a GUI or Android specific) are fully compatible with the Java runtime after compilation, and almost any third party lib can be compiled and run. The only problem is that many applications are too dependent on the GUI - in other words if they are badly written.