JavaFX on iOS - viable or pipe dream?

[Richard Bair]

I think Tom and I both explained in this thread the answer. Of course I understand you wish you had a more concrete timeline, but of course you don't, for reasons we've already stated in this thread :-)

On May 29, 2012, at 2:50 AM, Tobias Bley wrote:

> No no, I wonder why no one has answered you....
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> Am 29.05.2012 um 11:11 schrieb "John C. Turnbull" <ozemale at ozemail.com.au>:
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>> Hi Tobias,
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>> Did you send answers to me personally?  I didn't get any :-)
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>> Cheers,
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>> John
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tobias Bley [mailto:tobi at ultramixer.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:18
>> To: John C. Turnbull
>> Cc: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: Re: JavaFX on iOS - viable or pipe dream?
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>> Hi,
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>> did you get any answers?
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>> Tobi
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>> Am 11.05.2012 um 11:28 schrieb John C. Turnbull <ozemale at ozemail.com.au>:
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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,
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>>> -jct
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