Metro apps

[Daniel Zwolenski]

This was also asked somewhat in that massive 'mobile' thread on the OTN
forum:
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=10708891#10708891

No response but perhaps it got lost in all the noise on that thread.

jsmith gives some good info on the difference between Windows Metro,
Windows 8 and Windows RT. It's worth getting clear on the terminology since
it's all very messy thanks to some MS branding issues.

To do an app that has a "metro-style" UI could well just be a case of
skinning things differently and adding some new controls but this would
really only work on normal Windows (I think Windows 8 will run Java but
in compatibility mode). To actually run a "metro-style" app on Windows RT
(MS's new OS for ultra-portable computers) I think requires a port of the
JDK and JFX to that platform. There are a bunch of technical challenges
with such a port I believe (e.g. RT is heavily sand-boxed from the looks of
it).

It would be great if someone from Oracle could clarify all this, but given
the xmas break I think things are a little quiet at the moment.




On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm asking this (below) because while doing a metro version of javafx
> controls in my project JMetro, I wonder how things like the app toolbar
> will be implemented, if the javafx team is already doing it and if not how
> should I go about doing it..
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are you going to support Metro apps? That is, with all that implies:
> >
> >    1. Different type of interface
> >       1. full window
> >       2. app toolbar
> >       3. charms toolbar
> >       4. tile API: show images on start screen inside tile,
> >       notifications, etc
> >       5. metro animations
> >       6. etc
> >    2. If so (answer to 1 is yes), than how are you going to implement
> >    that? Will you code javafx versions of things like the app toolbar or
> are
> >    you going to rely on system calls to make this stuff show up? (don't
> know
> >    if the later option exists or is possible)
> >
> > Thanks, best regards,
> >
> > --
> > Pedro Duque Vieira
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Pedro Duque Vieira
>