[maemo-developers] Jalimo and Java 6

[From: Lisa Stotz]

Robert,

Thank you for the insight.  The N810 is certainly a great device.

Lisa

On Oct 13, 2008 08:20 AM, Robert Schuster  wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
>
> Lisa Stotz schrieb:
> > Is there a way to get the N810 to run Java 1.6 edition?
> At the moment there is no working Java VM with Java 6 compatible class
> library.
> Although having one is in Jalimo's (and my) interest I can only spend
> little time on
> getting this done.
>
> The work that will make it possible is being done in the public
> Subversion repository[0] of Jalimo.
>
> If no one steps up to help in this effort, this work is not likely to
> be
> completed before February 2009. I am doing this in my spare time and
> want to have something working for the next FOSDEM in Brussels.
>
> > I have some code that is written in Java 1.6 and my goal is to have
> > it
> > run on the tablet, but the code uses some of the great features that
> > are
> > only in Java 1.6 (like GroupLayout). I would rather not rewrite code
> > that already exists, but I can't seem to figure out how to get a
> > later
> > version of Java on the tablet.
> AFAIK GroupLayout works together with AWT and Swing. Those toolkits
> are
> not in a good shape to support a touchscreen-only device (ie. no mouse
> pointer). Expect problems in this area when porting an existing
> application to the tablet.
>
> Regards
> Robert
>
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