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eclipse built for Apple iOS [message #557119]

Sat, 04 September 2010 15:39

No real name

Messages: 1
Registered: September 2010

Junior Member

Hallo eclipse Team,

I have a little bit of an issue. It is clear that the device is not primarily meant to be an input device, however I want to ask you if there is any chance of getting eclipse to run on an iPad?

The reason I am asking is that I would very much like it for presentation reasons and 'proof reading'.

Thank you very very very much

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Re: eclipse built for Apple iOS [message #629558 is a reply to message #557119]

Tue, 28 September 2010 16:57

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 9/4/10 11:39 AM, urs.schweigert.ogx@gmail.com wrote:
> Hallo eclipse Team,
>
> I have a little bit of an issue. It is clear that the device is not
> primarily meant to be an input device, however I want to ask you if
> there is any chance of getting eclipse to run on an iPad?
>
> The reason I am asking is that I would very much like it for
> presentation reasons and 'proof reading'.
>
> Thank you very very very much

Since Eclipse is written entirely in Java and the chances of Apple
allowing a Java VM on iOS are less than an ice cube's chances in Hell...
I'd say it's not likely.

Now, if someone were to develop a tool that would compile Java into
Objective-C or native iOS, that might get you 90% of the way there (but
the remaining 10% is not trivial, the native layer of SWT). But no such
tool exists, as far as I know.

Eric

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