I would indeed be grateful if you shared the patch with all of us. Maybe
even fork neo4j on github and change the code....

Why is a better IO layer required btw... can you please explain?

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Peter Neubauer <[email protected]>wrote:

> Guys,
> The patch for Android took all of an hour last time we did it a couple of
> weeks ago. Mostly it is about refactoring JTA into some other namespace and
> file io api. Things work fine but need a better io layer for Android to be
> really fast on the platform just like Rick points out.
>
> Let me know if you need details.
>
> Sent from my phone.
> On Jun 24, 2011 9:38 PM, "Sidharth Kshatriya" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Axel,
> >
> > Thanks for your extremely useful reply!
> >
> > A quick search indicates that kryonet works on android... BTW do you know
> of
> > any* javascript *libraries that might push subtrees around?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sidharth
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Axel Morgner <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> In structr [1], we use kryonet [2] to push/pull subtrees including
> >> binary files between instances (source code: [3]).
> >>
> >> We also thought about an Android client which holds a subset of the
> >> structr graph. Neo4j running on Android (and iOS as well) would be
> great.
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] http://structr.org/
> >> [2] http://code.google.com/p/kryonet/
> >> [3]
> >>
> >>
>
> https://github.com/structr/structr/tree/release-0.4-SNAPSHOT/structr/structr-core/src/main/java/org/structr/core/cloud
> >>
> >>
> >> On 24.06.2011 15:35, Rick Bullotta wrote:
> >> > I'd probably just use a serialized JSON or XML object in that case, if
> it
> >> is truly a tree (and not a graph).
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]
> ]
> >> On Behalf Of Sidharth Kshatriya
> >> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 9:18 AM
> >> > To: Neo4j user discussions
> >> > Subject: Re: [Neo4j] Neo4j -- Can it be embedded in Android?
> >> >
> >> > The present round of android tablets have 512MB - 1 GB Ram...which is
> >> likely
> >> > to increase in the future...
> >> >
> >> > Essentially I want to use a graph database to represent a complicated
> >> math
> >> > document to be shown a mobile / tablet. Each equation is nothing but a
> >> > tree so graph databases lend themselves well to the problem. The other
> >> > option is to use an embedded object database like db4o which runs on
> >> android
> >> > and implement a custom tree structure within it... or mobile couchbase
> >> > (available for android and ios).
> >> >
> >> > Any better ideas?
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Rick Bullotta
> >> > <[email protected]>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I think the limited capabilities of the Android device(s) (RAM,
> >> primarily)
> >> >> limit the usefulness of Neo4J versus alternatives since the datasets
> are
> >> >> usually small and simple in mobile apps. If we need any heavy-duty
> >> graph
> >> >> work for a mobile app, we'd do it on the server.
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]
> >> ]
> >> >> On Behalf Of Sidharth Kshatriya
> >> >> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 8:53 AM
> >> >> To: Neo4j user discussions
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Neo4j] Neo4j -- Can it be embedded in Android?
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, I saw that on the mailing list archives too. I would have though
> >> there
> >> >> would be some interest in using this on android -- but there seems to
> be
> >> no
> >> >> news about it since...
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Rick Bullotta
> >> >> <[email protected]>wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I remember something like that, too. The main issue is probably the
> >> >>> "non-traditional" file system that Android exposes.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:
> >> [email protected]]
> >> >>> On Behalf Of Craig Taverner
> >> >>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 8:37 AM
> >> >>> To: Neo4j user discussions
> >> >>> Subject: Re: [Neo4j] Neo4j -- Can it be embedded in Android?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I heard that Peter Neubauer made a port of neo4j to android a few
> years
> >> >>> ago,
> >> >>> but that nothing has been done since and no version since then would
> >> >> work.
> >> >>> So my understanding is that it does not work on android, but that it
> is
> >> >>> possible to make it work (with some work ;-).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Peter is away, but I expect he would have a better answer than me.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Sidharth Kshatriya<
> >> >>> [email protected]
> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >>>> Dear All,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I have googled for this on the web and did not arrive at a
> >> satisfactory
> >> >>>> answer.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> *Question: Is it possible to run Neo4j on Android? *
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Thanks,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Sidharth
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> --
> >> >>>> Sidharth Kshatriya
> >> >>>> www.sidk.info
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