Apple can make it easy for us by letting Android run on iphone :-) On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Mark, > > thanks for clarifying. Objective C + Mac OS? > > At the moment, according to Apple's site for the SDK: "Technical > Requirement: Intel processor-based Mac running Mac OS X Leopard". Not that > OS X is a bad development platform -- lots of folk use it -- but it's an > added expense if you're not already on it. > > And, of course, Objective-C is pretty much just OS X and iPhone nowadays, > AFAIK. It's possible the iPhone will push Objective-C "over the top" so it > gets mainstream acceptance on other platforms, but I ain't holding my > breath. > > Here, though, is another place where a reasonably-open Android could give > us options. Getting Objective-C to work for Android is a matter of work: > create an Objective-C-to-JVM-bytecode compiler, hope said bytecodes are > within the set Dalvik works with, then create Objective-C wrappers for the > Android APIs (via SWIG?). While that's no picnic, there's little to stop > anyone from doing it, or at least trying it. On the other hand, getting > Java on the iPhone requires perhaps less engineering (if there's a JVM for > the iPhone CPU), but it requires Apple's consent, which may or may not be > forthcoming. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ -- Available Now! > > > > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://cookingcapsules.com - nourish your droid. http://mobeegal.in - find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
