Sure, what UI kit doesn't do that? There's a fundamental difference between them though. Android was designed from the ground up as a mobile OS with multitasking built in (multi-threading beyond the UI thread, modeled as independent bindable services where you can do anything). The new API's in iOS4 allows a set of Apple pre-defined services (Audio/VOIP/GPS etc.) as well as task-completion. But as a application model, this seems to require a lot of dedication from the developer and doesn't strike as being particular coherent, scalable or portable. I.e. only Apple could do these things prior to iOS4, which leads back to my original remark about Google employees being handed the same deck of cards as 3'rd part devs.
On Feb 2, 1:24 am, Josh McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > Huh? Apple's docs recommend using threads for your apps. How else would > anybody ever make a responsive GUI app? > > On 2 February 2011 08:02, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > * The fact that Google is hiring developers to whip up sexy apps is > > > good for top developers, but could suggest that Android in and of > > > itself has not been a sufficient lure. > > > On the other hand, those developers would be on equal terms as 3'rd > > part developers. Correct me if I am wrong, only Apple employees are > > allowed to do real multi-threaded apps? (Which makes me wonder, how > > will the next iPhone scale performance on multi-core A9 and A15 class > > SoC's?) > > > -- > > 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]<javaposse%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://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.
