Oh ok. Well I donno how much is involved from this to actually having Silverlight work, but it appears to be a good first step and they generally move at an immense speed over there. It's also interesting to see that the Mono bridge samples take about half the code size as their Obj-C counterparts.
I never considered an iPhone because of the countless handcuffs, but this bridge actually means one could develop applications on Linux and Windows: http://monotouch.net/Tutorials/MonoDevelop_HelloWorld I'll interpret your answer as if you don't have a team trying to get JavaFX up and running on the iPhone. /Casper On 14 Sep., 16:36, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@marinacci.org> wrote: > You said the "first browser RIA plugin to be supported on the iPhone". > I'm saying that what they are doing won't make it happen. > > Yes, it's possible to build a pure Java app that you can install on > non-hacked iPhones. Like Mono it involves generating an ugly blob of > Objective C code which is then compiled using the native toolkit. You > are still essentially writing Objective C code and you must code > against the Cocoa apis, you are just doing it with a different language. > > I'm not saying what they are doing is bad or not a good idea. The > ability to write OpenGL games for the iPhone in your preferred > language is awesome. I just don't want anyone to think we are minutes > away from viewing Flash, Sliverlight, or JavaFX enhanced webpages on > an iPhone. > > -j > > On Sep 14, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Casper Bang wrote: > > > > > Ehh... Mobile Safari? Anyway it is a declared goal of the Mono guys to > > eventually offer Silverligt on the iPhone. Do you plan on offering > > JavaFX there? > > > /Casper > > > On 14 Sep., 14:16, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@marinacci.org> wrote: > >> Cross compiling your language into Objective C (which is what all of > >> these iPhone solutions do, even the Java one (yes, there is one)) is > >> light years away from creating a browser plugin for Mobile Safari. > > >> On Sep 14, 2009, at 4:17 AM, Casper Bang wrote: > > >>> Why the grain of salt? For a while now Novell has been running a > >>> closed beta test program for .NET development on the iPhone: > >>>http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Aug-03.html > > >>> Anyway, the primary reason why you don't see Java on the iPhone is > >>> that you are simply not allowed by Apple to run a JIT. C# was > >>> designed > >>> to always be compiled, Java was not. Mono already took advantage of > >>> this in the past in order to run on a multitude of devices (Wii > >>> etc.) > >>> so the compiler can emit statically optimized code just like a C > >>> compiler would do. I believe there are some attempts at bringing > >>> Java > >>> there, but the big difference is that Mono does not require a > >>> jailbreak whereas Java does which also means developers can > >>> publish C# > >>> applications in the app store. This probably also means that the > >>> first > >>> browser RIA plugin to be supported by iPhone will be Silverlight. > > >>> /Casper > > >>> On 14 Sep., 12:25, JavaSnake <zeevb.pub...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> I know that such news from InfoWorld should be taken with a gain > >>>> off > >>>> salt... but here goes: > >>>> InfoWorld reports that "Novell on Monday will offer a kit for > >>>> developers to build Apple iPhone and iPod Touch business > >>>> applications > >>>> using Microsoft's .Net Framework instead of the Apple-designated > >>>> C or > >>>> Objective-C languages." > >>>> -http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/iphone-gets-net-app-develo > >>>> ... > > >>>> What is the status of developing with Java for the IPhone? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
