I’d like to create a basic ‘Hello World’ style application for the IPhone using Java – can anyone tell me how?
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I’d like to create a basic ‘Hello World’ style application for the IPhone using Java – can anyone tell me how?
You can’t code in Java for iPhone. The iPhone only supports C/C++/Objective-C – Cocoa.
However, under the current license you can use translation tools that generate such code. There are several solutions that do exactly that:
Codename One – focuses on building applications using Java with visual tools and simulators. Open source with a SaaS backend that removes the need for a Mac.
XMLVM – a translator to convert Java bytecode to C/Objective-C. Open source, but requires writing iOS specific code at the moment.
There are also several proprietary solutions but I have no experience with them. E.g. Software AG has a tool called web objects.