On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:56:50 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:46:18 +1000 David Seikel <[email protected]> > said: > > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:45:46 -0600 Ravenlock > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 02/10/2011 21:21, Tom Haste wrote: > > > > Hey gang, > > > > > > > > Im hoping to do something this winter (AU) with the GSoC > > > > stuff... currently fist deep in Java with my studies. Ive also > > > > just ordered a book on Android Dev. Should be fun. So anyway, > > > > > > > > Idea: > > > > > > > > Android NDK + EFL. > > > > Is this possible? Could we make a port for Android and perhaps > > > > even have a strong integration into Eclipse so you can simply > > > > go "New Project" > "Android EFL application" or something of > > > > the likes. I know there was a mention that you'd need some OOB > > > > wrapper to get EFL and I dont know what state cxx bindings are > > > > in. Considering Android is such a big market these days, it > > > > might be a good idea to jump into it. > > > > > > I'd be willing to bet a lot of people would like to see EFL on > > > Android. I think its certainly worth investigating. > > > > Isn't Android just some linux with Java on top? Why bother with the > > Java layer, just go straight to the linux. You would need that > > first even if you wanted the higher level integration with other > > things. > > android is a linux kernel plus completely different userspace on top. > it's not "just some linux". the closest it has in common to what the > rest of us know as linux is a kernel. the rest is entirely (pretty > much) new and custom to android - even libc is different (newlib and > not posix compliant), not to mention its display system is entirely > different, input, security, daemons, ipc etc. etc. - it's a java > world. libraries and apis are almost entirely only available as java > ones. a few are available for "native development". So this particular GSoC idea is sounding like a huge one. -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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