Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-18 Thread Tony Constantinides via swift-users
So according to the Swift Community I should adapt Kotlin and not Swift as my choice for the programming language for a cross-platform GUI framework? Is that really going to be easier than building a GUI framework for Android as listed on this page?

Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-17 Thread Jens Alfke via swift-users
> On Oct 16, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Tony Constantinides via swift-users > wrote: > > Kotlin does not run on iOS without some custom VM (Robot VM) which would kill > performance. If you mean RoboVM, it claims to use ahead-of-time compilation of Java to native code, so there

Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-16 Thread Tony Constantinides via swift-users
Kotlin does not run on iOS without some custom VM (Robot VM) which would kill performance. Kotlin is based on Java byte code compatibility so it really an Android only solution. JavaScript work across platforms but has limited functionality based on its programming model. Getting a ListView to

Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-15 Thread Proyb P via swift-users
Android N and later may changes a lot, I would use Kotlin which has similarity to Swift syntax. Kotlin Lang https://www.toptal.com/software/kotlin-android-language Javascript for mobile app for best compatibility. On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Tony Constantinides via swift-users <

Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-13 Thread Tony Constantinides via swift-users
Yeah, I do not disagree with you. People who have succeeded have gone down the code generation route. a) This require them to build a special Swift compiler that generates Android Java Code from Swift code. They generate a 95% complete Java Android app and finish it in Android Studio. By doing

Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-13 Thread Hooman Mehr via swift-users
I think it is too soon to tackle this issue. I think there is room for making adapters for a lightweight GUI toolkit for embedded applications. For example, a Swift adapter for EFL (of Enlightenment) or something like that. But when we talk about

Re: [swift-users] Build Android GUI apps with Swift 3.0 via a framework/library

2016-10-13 Thread Tony Constantinides via swift-users
Ok, Can I take the fact that there no feedback yet on a) The community is not interested in writing Android apps in Swift or b) Wrong forum despite the fact the inventor the Swift programming language pointed me here, or c) This has been tried and failed before. I sincerely interested in the Swift