Re: [xmlvm-users] Status of the project

[Arno P. <ar...@pu...>]

On 5/3/12 9:01 AM, Volker Berlin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The idea of the project xmlvm is very cool. It is that what we need. But
> I can't faith that it work.
>
> How is the status of the project. I know a very abstract question. That
> a little more specific:
>
>   * Can I write my business logic in Java and convert it in a .NET
>     application, Android application and iphone application. For the GUI
>     I want use a wrapper on every platform?

we don't support .NET. I'm not sure what you mean with "wrapper". There 
is a patch that supports partial cross-compilation where you can supply 
a custom UI for different platforms. You still need to write this UI 
though. The patch has not been merged with the main code base yet, but 
you can look at it here:
http://xmlvm-reviews.appspot.com/216001/

>   * Which packages can I use?

Don't know what you mean with 'package'.

>   * Are there already wrapper for a GUI?

Don't know what you mean with 'wrapper'. XMLVM does some mapping for 
certain Android GUI elements to iOS, but you have to be aware that 
Android and iOS have different UI idioms (just consider the 'back' and 
'menu' buttons on Android. How can those be mapped to iOS in an 
automated way?) One thing you don't want is an iOS app that feels like 
an Android app. The solution can only be that you have to re-write the 
UI parts for the respective target platform.

Arno