You said the "first browser RIA plugin to be supported on the iPhone". I'm saying that what they are doing won't make it happen.
Yes, it's possible to build a pure Java app that you can install on non-hacked iPhones. Like Mono it involves generating an ugly blob of Objective C code which is then compiled using the native toolkit. You are still essentially writing Objective C code and you must code against the Cocoa apis, you are just doing it with a different language. I'm not saying what they are doing is bad or not a good idea. The ability to write OpenGL games for the iPhone in your preferred language is awesome. I just don't want anyone to think we are minutes away from viewing Flash, Sliverlight, or JavaFX enhanced webpages on an iPhone. -j On Sep 14, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Casper Bang wrote: > > Ehh... Mobile Safari? Anyway it is a declared goal of the Mono guys to > eventually offer Silverligt on the iPhone. Do you plan on offering > JavaFX there? > > /Casper > > On 14 Sep., 14:16, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: >> Cross compiling your language into Objective C (which is what all of >> these iPhone solutions do, even the Java one (yes, there is one)) is >> light years away from creating a browser plugin for Mobile Safari. >> >> On Sep 14, 2009, at 4:17 AM, Casper Bang wrote: >> >> >> >>> Why the grain of salt? For a while now Novell has been running a >>> closed beta test program for .NET development on the iPhone: >>> http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Aug-03.html >> >>> Anyway, the primary reason why you don't see Java on the iPhone is >>> that you are simply not allowed by Apple to run a JIT. C# was >>> designed >>> to always be compiled, Java was not. Mono already took advantage of >>> this in the past in order to run on a multitude of devices (Wii >>> etc.) >>> so the compiler can emit statically optimized code just like a C >>> compiler would do. I believe there are some attempts at bringing >>> Java >>> there, but the big difference is that Mono does not require a >>> jailbreak whereas Java does which also means developers can >>> publish C# >>> applications in the app store. This probably also means that the >>> first >>> browser RIA plugin to be supported by iPhone will be Silverlight. >> >>> /Casper >> >>> On 14 Sep., 12:25, JavaSnake <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I know that such news from InfoWorld should be taken with a gain >>>> off >>>> salt... but here goes: >>>> InfoWorld reports that "Novell on Monday will offer a kit for >>>> developers to build Apple iPhone and iPod Touch business >>>> applications >>>> using Microsoft's .Net Framework instead of the Apple-designated >>>> C or >>>> Objective-C languages." >>>> -http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/iphone-gets-net-app-develo >>>> ... >> >>>> What is the status of developing with Java for the IPhone? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
