That's not a bad idea at all. I will look into it.
On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:53 AM David Chisnall <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/05/2020 05:49, Gregory Casamento wrote: > > Hey guys... I'd really like to start development on a (UIKit compatible > > or not) backend for Android which will allow the creation of GUI apps. > > Ideally what I would like is something that extends UIKit if possible. > > Since we are talking about this just my $0.02. > > FYI: WinObjC has an MIT licensed UIKit and it's been used to port > Android apps to Windows. It isn't very actively maintained anymore, but > it uses the GNUstep Objective-C runtime. The code contains a load of > Windowsisms, but it was originally very portable (it uses freetype for > font rendering, for example, rather than anything Windowsy). If you > want an Android UIKit, this would probably be a good place to start. > > Note that it's a modern Objective-C++ codebase. I suspect that they'd > be interested in accepting patches for non-Windows operating system > support, if it kept the project alive. > > David > > > -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 - Become a Patron
