ntherning

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   RoboVM 0.0.14 has been released with initial Java on iOS 8 support(blog.robovm.org)

   2 points by ntherning 12y ago|0 comments
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   by ntherning 12y ago

   Codename One and RoboVM solve different use cases. If you can live with the limitations of a "common denominator" API, a UI toolkit that tries to mimic the native look and feel ala Swing and a limited subset of Java 5, Codename On
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   by ntherning 12y ago

   I'm afraid that you are mistaken about the capabilities of the Boehm GC when it comes to compacting. It doesn't compact so heap fragmentation is a possibility with RoboVM. Mono 2.8 introduced SGen [0] which is a totally separate G
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   by ntherning 12y ago

   Just to add some more info: We used to have instructions for installing and compiling under Linux. Since our main focus is currently iOS and some users were confused by mentioning Linux and thought that they could cross-compile for iOS on L
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   by ntherning 12y ago

   For now you'll need Xcode to use RoboVM which implies Mac OS X running on Mac hardware or in a VM (it can be done although Apple doesn't allow it unless you run the VM on Mac hardware).
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   by ntherning 12y ago

   Thanks for pointing this out. I have now changed this to just "No interpreter involved". Except for not interpreting or JITing bytecode it's indeed very much a VM. E.g. it presents the same memory model and threading model to