Not a fan of XML when doing Android (or any other kind of) layouts, it complicates matters to have to deal with many files and be dependent on the IDE. One wonders why Sun did not "pay Google back" so to speak, by adding a JavaFX layer on top of Android - feels like low hanging fruit and was also very well timed for one another. But perhaps that comes back to some of the recent criticism raised against Sun management.
On May 16, 8:07 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 5/16/10 19:44 , Karsten Silz wrote:> On 16 Mai, 18:57, > "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Problem with flex is it's XML, so pretty inflexible (just like > >> Ant, great for simple - sucky for complex) > > > False, I believe. > > I think that the XML thing is indeed subjective. It doesn't bother me, > indeed; an advantage of JavaFX is the direct binding from UI to code, > which in Android needs the infamous 'int' constants (even though they > could have been made not int, but this is another story). > > Back to the original topic, JavaFX in place of the Android XML would > be great. If it used the standard Android widgets I don't think that > Google would be bothered (we know that they, on the contrary, > prevented Sun from a direct port of JavaFX that was ready as a > prototype). Indeed, since it's mainly a JavaFX compiler thing, which > is completely open sourced, I wonder why nobody tried it so far. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvwNFIACgkQeDweFqgUGxeuoACfS5yc1ihH6Tt5kN6BF0U5A7L0 > Y0IAoKe3Wa1lSpJdFzRiRABoEhGsZChv > =t1Pn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- 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.
