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SWT on iOS and Android [message #1829257]

Mon, 29 June 2020 13:01

Eclipse User

Hi,

I haven't presented at EclipseCon (nor attended) for a while. Does anyone know if there are plans for SWT supporting iOS (via this JVM, SubstrateVM, or whatever is mentioned by this article) and Android?

I realize there are other options like:

But, none of them would fulfill my need. My goal is to transparently support the Glimmer DSL for SWT in a mobile Java Ruby implementation (e.g. SubstrateVM-based Ruby) on iOS and Android with little effort.

[Updated on: Mon, 29 June 2020 13:52] by Moderator

Re: SWT on iOS and Android [message #1829451 is a reply to message #1829257]

Fri, 03 July 2020 16:59

Eclipse User

I don't think it's possible to port SWT to iOS and Android. SWT is based mouse and keyboard interface. Android and iOS are based on touch screen!

Re: SWT on iOS and Android [message #1829496 is a reply to message #1829451]

Sun, 05 July 2020 08:09

Eclipse User

People thought the same thing before SWT was developed to support 3 very different platforms natively. Turns out you can have SWT approximate and translate the differences between Windows, Mac, and Linux without too much fuss. And, the rest is history.

Taps are just like mouse clicks. Touch moves are just like mouse moves. And, on-screen keyboard is just like a real keyboard. Also, a mobile screen is just like a real monitor, having x and y co-ordinates.

Check this video out for an example of other efforts accomplishing exactly that with JavaFX and Gluon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eohuPOXHRQQ

Re: SWT on iOS and Android [message #1829509 is a reply to message #1829496]

Sun, 05 July 2020 23:18

Eclipse User

SWT works only on Windows smoothly. It's cranky on Mac. I am not sure whether it's the problem of MacOS. Linux SWT is useful only for simple programs! I wrote both on Android and SWT. I know both well. If you ever develop serious program on both, you should know why. Some similarity doesn't make good reason.

Note that SWT is open source. You can port to Android and iOS if you can!

[Updated on: Mon, 06 July 2020 00:16] by Moderator

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