[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Java phoneME advanced for the 770

[From: Luis Montes]

Dirk Kuijsten wrote:
> Op Vr, 12 januari, 2007 08:49, schreef Roberto Resoli:
>   
>> 2007/1/11, Johannes Eickhold <jeickhold at gmx.de>:
>>     
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> for evaluation purposes I made up a build of Sun's GPL'ed Java phoneME
>>> Advanced MR1 release. The build only supports the Foundation Profile so
>>> far.That means there currently is no support for any GUI. From some
>>> mails on this list and from comments on #maemo I've got the impression
>>> that there are experienced people who might be interested in hacking on
>>> this topic and could help to bring more Java to the 770.
>>>       
>> I am one of these persons...
>>
>>     
>>> Feel free to try the simple HelloWorld and the test suite on your Nokia
>>> 770 with a Sun VM :-) that come with the build.
>>>
>>> You can get it from [1]. I roughly described the steps I did to get it
>>> build and how to install it in [2]. Ongoing discussion about the
>>> development of phoneME Advanced happens in their forum/mailinglist [3].
>>> Please join it with questions or suggestions.
>>>       
>> Many thanks for your work, i will try ASAP, along with recent ports of
>> GNU Classpath, jamvm and jikes ....
>>
>> Bye,
>> Roberto.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> I tried jamvm plus classpath but got the GTK-Peer bug because a library my
> app uses draws with Graphics2D. Normal swing sliders/borders and
> comboboxes did work though and the application could be closed nicely.
> Didn't have top menus of course. I was impressed with the startup speed on
> the 770 compared to my pc: not that much slower, although of course no jit
> compilation is performed.
>
> I don't know if cairo is available on the N800? If so, someone should try
> to configure classpath with --enable-gtk-cairo, which according to my
> understanding of this problem should solve the GTK-Peer bug (?)
>
> bye,
>
> Dirk.
>
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Not sure yet what parts are missing to get graphical stuff working , but 
maybe Midpath ( http://midpath.thenesis.org  ) can fill in some gaps?

Luis