From what I know there is no way to write a native Windows 8 application (with Metro style) in Java. Will it be create in Java 8 or there is already a set of UI (User Interface) controls that look native on Windows 8?
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From what I know there is no way to write a native Windows 8 application (with Metro style) in Java. Will it be create in Java 8 or there is already a set of UI (User Interface) controls that look native on Windows 8?
I doubt that Oracle will do this. Conforming with the native look-and-feel is not on the agenda for Swing. (Or at least, it never has been in the past.)
I you want to build a Java UI that has the look-and-feel of the native windowing system, take a look at SWT. I don’t think Windows 8 look-and-feel is supported yet, but I would expect this to be in the pipeline.
According to some stuff I’ve seen, a port of Java was not available for the Windows 8 early / developer releases. This would have made porting the Eclipse ecosystem … including SWT … to Windows 8 difficult.
According to the Oracle website:
Java supports Windows 8 as a certified platform from jdk-1.7.0_u10. That was only released in December 2012.
Java on Windows 8 doesn’t (yet) run on Metro. (Or if it does run, it is not certified.)