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 <a...@morgner.de> 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: user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org [mailto:user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org]
> 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
> > <rick.bullo...@thingworx.com>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: user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org [mailto:user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org
> ]
> >> 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
> >> <rick.bullo...@thingworx.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> I remember something like that, too.  The main issue is probably the
> >>> "non-traditional" file system that Android exposes.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org [mailto:
> user-boun...@lists.neo4j.org]
> >>> 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<
> >>> sid.kshatr...@gmail.com
> >>>> 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
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Neo4j mailing list
> >>>> User@lists.neo4j.org
> >>>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Neo4j mailing list
> User@lists.neo4j.org
> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
>



-- 
Sidharth Kshatriya
www.sidk.info
_______________________________________________
Neo4j mailing list
User@lists.neo4j.org
https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user

Reply via email to