JavaFX on iOS - viable or pipe dream?

[Tobias Bley]

Hi,

did you get any answers?

Tobi


Am 11.05.2012 um 11:28 schrieb John C. Turnbull <ozemale at ozemail.com.au>:

> I see with much excitement that there have now been numerous demonstrations
> of JavaFX running on iOS.  Let's face it, JavaFX cannot really be considered
> a true success if it doesn't run and run well on arguably the most
> significant platforms in use today namely tablets and mobile phones for
> which iOS is the most critical.
> 
> 
> 
> Having small demo applications run on iOS is one thing but are we just
> dreaming?  I mean this is a great first step but will Apple ever allow Java
> or JavaFX to run on iOS?  They have stated quite publicly that they are
> determined to prevent so-called "meta platforms" running on iOS (think
> Flash, Silverlight) so why should JavaFX be any different?  I realise the
> JRE will be statically linked but Java is (by Apple's definitions at least)
> a "meta platform".  Historically they have tended to be rather fussy in this
> area and they make the rules.
> 
> 
> 
> Another concern is could an app burdened with a heavy and intermediate layer
> in the JRE perform like a "native" app on ARM and other relatively low
> powered CPUs?
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> 
> 
> Clearly the JavaFX community wants it to run on iOS more than any other
> unsupported platform and many see this is as an absolute priority for
> Oracle.  Perhaps now that Steve Jobs has left the building things have
> mellowed over at Apple but is it possible someone from the JavaFX
> development could comment on how they intend to overcome these issues?
> 
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> -jct
>