Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone
On 9/30/2014 6:21 PM, Chris Kohlhepp wrote:
http://chriskohlhepp.wordpress.com/java-on-iphone-and-ipad/
I am happy to announce that a full Java "eco system" has been ported
to IOS, the operating system powering the popular Iphone and IPad
platform. This includes JIT based compilation, a graphical Swing
subsystem and a development toolchain. The aim of this Java "eco
system" is to deploy essentially unmodified Java applications on the
IPhone and IPad - along with software written in the many other
languages emerging on the Java virtual machine platform(JVM), such as
Scala & Clojure. The significance is that there are many more
existing, free Java applications than exist on the IPhone and IPad
today. After all, the mantra of Java has always been "compile once,
run anywhere."
Java on the Iphone/IPad has existed for some time via the
AppStore(TM) alternative Cydia. The key contribution of this new
development effort to the IOS platform is to add two dimensions to
the pre-existing Cydia offering:
1) JIT compilation of byte-code
2) Graphical capabilities via Swing/AWT
The pre-existing Cydia Java offering comprises an interpreting JVM (
JamVM) and a so called headless Classpath library (GNU Classpath
0.98). Classpath is the name given to the system libraries that Java
-- or any other JVM language -- needs to function. "Headless" means
aimed at embedded computer systems without a display. The irony of
course is that both IPhone and IPad are rather "all display' -- it
is precisely what they are about. Yet none of the mainstream
Classpath offerings ( Oracle, GNU, OpenJDK, IcedTea ) target the
IPhone's or IPad's windowing subsystem: UIKit.
Enter QMole. QMole provides an "On IPad" X11 subsystem that offers
a traditional Linux/Unix windowing toolkit: GTK. The new Java
eco-system simply targets GTK as it's output and therefore
immediately becomes available on the IPad. Additionally, a JIT
capable JVM provides compilation to machine code to afford native
level performance to Java applications running on the IPhone/IPad.
Will Apple accept apps build with this in the app store?
Arne
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