Swing!

[Wolenber]

Hey all, I know that the Pandora will have Java support, and I would assume that means it will support Swing, but I'd just like confirmation from somebody, as I've never actually seen Swing used on an ARM device.

Thank in advance.

 

[rum runner]

just out of curiosity cause i don't know whats swing. I"m all ready looking up like 15 different things that i don't have the slightest clue of what they are. lol

 

[Wolenber]

Swing is the glorious technology that Java uses to create user interfaces, such as buttons and the like. From what I have used, it's very easy compared to a lot of other ones.

EDIT: Other ones being other programming languages, not other options in Java. As far as I know, there are no other options in Java.

 

[rum runner]

cool thanks

 

[Drack]

Looks like the only JVM implementation with awt and swing support that runs on this platform is closed-source commercial software, specifically PERC from Aonix.

Not what any of us wanted to hear, I know, but looks like that's just how it is.

 

[lulzfish]

There's other options in Java.

Qt's Java binding is called Jambi IIRC, and there's got to be a GTK+ binding since they have them for like everything.
http://doc.trolltech.com/qtjambi-4.4/html/com/trolltech/qt/qtjambi-index.html
http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/

GNOME being the larger project that includes GTK+

Qt is actually even easier than Swing, since you can create a .ui file in Qt Designer / Qt Creator, and load that instead of manually creating your GUI in code. (Which is still an option)

 

[dflemstr]

Jambi is a PITA to compile and use, if you aren't on one of {Linux32, Linux64, Win32, Win64, MacOSX}. I still use it for all of my apps, though

Also, Jambi depends on "java.awt.*" in some places so you need Swing support to use Jambi.

Anyways, Swing is implemented using nothing but "java.awt.*" calls, so Swing will work for sure, no worries. (Saying that you get JVM support without Swing is like saying that you get X11/Xorg support without being able to display anything)

EDIT: @Drack Ever heard of OpenJDK?

 

[Sphinxter]

Jambi is a PITA to compile and use, if you aren't on one of {Linux32, Linux64, Win32, Win64, MacOSX}. I still use it for all of my apps, though

Also, Jambi depends on "java.awt.*" in some places so you need Swing support to use Jambi.

Anyways, Swing is implemented using nothing but "java.awt.*" calls, so Swing will work for sure, no worries. (Saying that you get JVM support without Swing is like saying that you get X11/Xorg support without being able to display anything)

EDIT: @Drack Ever heard of OpenJDK?

That would be saying Xvfb.