Seems there are more forks out there.. https://github.com/bugvm/bugvm
Sven On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good luck to you Erik. I totally agree with you and hope you succeed. If > there's any way I can help, I will do just that. > > Felix > > > On 19 Apr 2016, at 04:39, Erik De Rijcke <derijcke.e...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I'm currently looking if I can get some robovm fork kickstarted. ( > > https://github.com/FlexoVM/flexovm/issues/4 ). > > > > It's really a shame that for this one time Java has a real nice aot > > llvm compiler, MS kills it. Being able to compile Java (or any > > bytecode language) to a native, fast and small executable (especially > > for arm/embedded use which does not require an Oracle license) would > > be *really* cool. Let's see if we can continue to make this happen in > > one way or another. > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Felix Bembrick > > <felix.bembr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So what AOT will you be using now? The last RoboVM AOT or something > else? > >> > >>> On 19 Apr 2016, at 03:15, Johan Vos <johan....@gluonhq.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Indeed, this doesn't have any impact on JavaFX. > >>> The Gluon tools are currently using the RoboVM AOT 1.8, which was the > last open-source version. > >>> > >>> RoboVM delivered a whole set of products, including an AOT, but also a > system that provides some JNI functionality, a set of bindings that create > Java classes that have a 1-1 mapping to native iOS classes, and a whole > "Studio" allowing developers to create applications. > >>> > >>> Only the AOT is relevant to us. We don't use the bindings, as we > happen to have a great set of UI classes: the JavaFX platform. We don't > need the studio, as we directly provide plugins for NetBeans, IntelliJ and > Eclipse. > >>> > >>> The idea of JavaFX is to deliver a cross-platform UI for all devices. > RoboVM took a different approach, as they mainly promoted creating an iOS > specific UI (using the Java bindings to the native iOS UI components) and > an Android specific UI. > >>> > >>> We had different views on a cross-platform UI (JavaFX) versus a > platform-specific UI, but here is no doubt the RoboVM team consist of great > developers and it is a real pity and shame they won't be able to continue > working on their product. > >>> > >>> But for JavaFX and Gluon, it doesn't make a difference. > >>> > >>> - Johan > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Steve Hannah <st...@weblite.ca> > wrote: > >>>> According to Gluon, they're not impacted by this. > >>>> https://twitter.com/GluonHQ/status/721784161728471041 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Felix Bembrick < > felix.bembr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> I just read this article which states that RoboVM is effectively > "shutting down". > >>>>> > >>>>> https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2016/04/robovm/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Given that they seem to be a critical part of the puzzle that is > making JavaFX viable on mobile platforms, what does this actually mean for > that goal? > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there an alternative technology or product that can fill this > void? Or is the final nail in the coffin for JavaFX to ever be a truly > viable cross platform technology? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Felix > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Steve Hannah > >>>> Web Lite Solutions Corp. > >>> > -- Sven Reimers * Senior Expert Software Architect * Java Champion * NetBeans Dream Team Member: http://dreamteam.netbeans.org * Community Leader NetBeans: http://community.java.net/netbeans Desktop Java: http://community.java.net/javadesktop * JUG Leader JUG Bodensee: http://www.jug-bodensee.de * Duke's Choice Award Winner 2009 * Blog: https://www.java.net//blog/sven * XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Sven_Reimers8 * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/svenreimers Join the NetBeans Groups: * XING: http://www.xing.com/group-20148.82db20 * NUGM: http://haug-server.dyndns.org/display/NUGM/Home * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1860468 http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=107402 http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1684717 * Oracle: https://mix.oracle.com/groups/18497
