JavaFX8 on iPhone! It works!

[Daniel Zwolenski]

As the platform architect, what direction would you suggest the community take to make JFX work on iOS and on Android? 

If Oracle came to their senses and said: "Richard, that whole smart device space might actually be more than a passing fad, let's put jfx on it, and do it whatever way you think best", what would your implementation strategy look like? 

Would you backport or use another VM or do your own VM impl, or what? How long would you expect whatever strategy you'd pick to take, how many resources would you have on it, and what bits would you see needing the most attention, what would your milestones look like, etc. I don't see why Oracle not doing this doesn't mean we can't get your guidance and wisdom on this if you're willing to provide it. 

And looking particularly here beyond hello worlds and brick breaker demos, at a sustainable robust, performant platform that can be used and relied upon for commercial use both now and as java 8, 9, 10 etc come out. 

I get the feeling were a long long way from that, if indeed it's achievable. What's your view on this?



On 06/07/2013, at 12:34 PM, Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com> wrote:

> It's complicated. We've prototyped on all kinds of VMs including the CVM used with ADF mobile and a hacked up Java SE embedded 7. It's a long way from prototype to product and as I mentioned on my blog we have not announced any plan around SE embedded VM on iOS / Android. But at least we know that our port of fx was (mostly) functional and could be successful.
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> On Jul 5, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Tobias Bley <tobi at ultramixer.com> wrote:
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>> Richard, the question is: Has Oracle a hidden Java8 VM for Android and iOS? Or how do you test your Android and iOS JavaFX implementation???
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>> Am 05.07.2013 um 16:42 schrieb Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com>:
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>>> We have implementations for Android and iOS that are both functional on a Java 8 VM. It looks like, because the iOS one is so closely related to the Mac build, it was the easiest one to get a build for the open community. We're working on the Android build scripts. The situation on Android is exactly the same as iOS -- we're open sourcing the library code, but not a Java 8 VM. I would expect that if the iOS build on RoboVM works, that the Android build for RoboVM would also work, but I haven't tried it.
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>>> Richard
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>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 5:07 AM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Thanks Niklas - sounds like there's still a bit to do. 
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>>>> I'm still a bit confused though, I thought the JFX team were/are giving us a version of jfx that is specifically designed to work on Android but it sounds like that's pretty far from the actuality? What will the gradle build for android actually give us?
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>>>> I'd be keen to hear from someone on the jfx side on all of this. Is this how you planned for your smart device releases to work or has something gone wrong in the journey here?
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>>>> On 05/07/2013, at 9:57 PM, Niklas Therning <niklas at therning.org> wrote:
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