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Another option: If it were a better Android. Aka, the performance, UI responsiveness, and battery life of iOS/iPhone, but with a FOSS OS, not necessarily Andr

Another option: If it were a better Android. Aka, the performance, UI responsiveness, and battery life of iOS/iPhone, but with a FOSS OS, not necessarily Android (Embedded Linux, Minix, etc.). And as a developer, a better development language than Java. C, Go, or just leverage Apple's Objective-C developer network with Clang's implementation. All these things are pain points on my Nexus S. If someone could do better, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat, even if the app market is sparser.

rogerbinns 15y ago
> ... a better development language than Java. C, Go, or just leverage Apple's Objective-C developer network ... Where does this myth come from that you can only write Android programs in Java? There is a Native Dev Kit (Google [Android NDK]) that provides a gcc cross compiler so you can write your app in any language gcc can compile. It is quite possible to write an app without a single line of Java. Heck there is even a company that lets you take your existing Objective C iOS app and compile it on Android (they have also implemented a lot of the iOS APIs). See http://www.apportable.com http://www.apportable.com It is true that Android does have a lot of Java libraries, and especially for regular user interface type stuff you really would want to use that (eg ActionBar, the resources system, fragments). But if you want a framebuffer and OpenGL then ignore that.